US solar cell innovators compete with lower-tech Chinese companies
OCT 14, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024745
New York Times : There are two main kinds of solar panel : crystalline and thin film. Thin-film panels are potentially cheaper to make and more efficient to run. Despite those advantages, the panels’ US manufacturers are facing strong competition from Chinese companies that can make the older, less-efficient crystalline panels cheaply and abundantly. The New York Times‘s Todd Woody reports on the technical, economic, and political factors in the global market for solar panels.
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