Toward cost-effective solar energy use

Nathan S. Lewis

doi:10.1126/science.1137014

Toward cost-effective solar energy use

Nathan S. Lewis

California Institute of Technology

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Abstract

At present, solar energy conversion technologies face cost and scalability hurdles in the technologies required for a complete energy system. To provide a truly widespread primary energy source, solar energy must be captured, converted, and stored in a cost-effective fashion. New developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and the materials and physical sciences may enable step-change approaches to cost-effective, globally scalable systems for solar energy use.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	798-801
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	315
Issue number	5813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1137014
Publication status	Published - Feb 9 2007

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