Researchers have come up with a way to turn silicon into a direct bandgap semiconductor, opening the door to the manufacture of ultrathin silicon solar cells.

By creating a new way for light and matter to interact, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have enabled the ...

By creating a new way for light and matter to interact, researchers have enabled the manufacturing of ultrathin silicon solar ...

By creating a new way for light and matter to interact, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have ...

Since the likelihood of a photon, phonon and electron interacting at the same place and time is low, silicon’s optical properties are inherently weak.” He said that as an indirect bandgap ...