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Breakthrough Material could lead to Cheaper, more Widespread Solar Panels and Electronics

Photo: Graduate student Tika Kafle (facing camera) works on the time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy setup. Credit: Cody Howard/University of Kansas.

Physics research groups have generated free electrons from organic semiconductors when combined with a single atomic layer of molybdenum disulfide, a recently discovered 2D semiconductor.

Imagine printing electronic devices using a simple inkjet printer – or even painting a solar panel onto the wall of a building. Such technology would slash the cost of manufacturing electronic devices and enable new ways to integrate them into our everyday lives. Over the last two decades, a type of material called organic semiconductors, made out of molecules or polymers, has been developed for such purposes...

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