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ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE: Introduction
ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE: Introduction
Pages 109-112
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VOHS University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania With growing concerns about dwindling reserves of fossil energy sources, especially oil, and the impact of using these reserves on the environment, energy efficiency, alternative energy resources, and a proposed hydrogen economy have all recently become important subjects of science and engineering research and public policy. Attaining the goal of using more sustainable and environmentally benign energy resources will clearly require the development of a variety of new technologies.
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Michael McGehee of Stanford University briefly compares the most promising materials approaches to making solar cells, including silicon; multijunction, bioinspired, and inorganic thin films; and organic materials.
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