Nanoscale 'Coaxial Cables' for Solar Energy Harvesting

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Figure 1: A cross-section of a conventional coaxial cable
Figure 1: A cross-section of a conventional coaxial cable

Scientists have designed a new type of nanowire – a tiny coaxial cable – that could vastly improve a few key renewable energy technologies, particularly solar cells, and could even impact other cutting-edge, developing technologies, such as quantum computing and nanoelectronics.


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