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Materials science as key enabler for clean energy transition

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If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are heading,” said Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism. The global emissions of CO 2 doubled from 1975 to 2015, and are projected to triple by 2040 if we stay on our present course4. Where are we heading? —Chu et al. Renewable energy future. Illustration courtesy of Paloma Liu.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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Not so fast: The real-world efficiency of commercial, space-qualified solar cells has progressed much more slowly than records set in highly controlled research experiments, which often use exotic materials or complex designs that cannot currently be mass-produced. A 1974 study that NASA commissioned from the consultancy Arthur D.

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