Hybrid nanostructure steps up light-harvesting efficiency

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Researchers have developed a nanostructure that could be used to improve the efficiency with which solar cells harvest energy from the sun. The nanostructure is composed of a light-harvesting protein, semiconducting nanocrystals, and a two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal only one atomic layer thick.