Sentences with phrase «semiconductors by coating»

Nicholas Kotov at the University of Michigan and his colleagues made twisted semiconductors by coating them with amino acids, which are responsible for proteins» twists.

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The efficiency of a traditional rooftop solar panel tends to break down by the time temperatures have reached 100 degrees Celsius, but larger - scale parabolics would be able to operate at much higher temperatures and retain the heat by using the cesium - coated semiconductors, Melosh said.

By coating semiconductors with the metal cesium, parabolic solar dishes operating at high temperatures can retain heat from unused sunlight and avoid inefficiencies that occur after solar energy reaches a given cell, said Nick Melosh, an assistant engineering professor at Stanford.

For the new design, researchers led by chemist Jing Gu of San Diego State University added coatings to the semiconductor layers to prevent acid corrosion.