PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion
SLAC and Standford research initiative on increasing conversion efficiency of solar cells. In this new process, semiconducting material is coated with a thin layer of caesium which allows the material to use both the light and heat of sun to generate electricity. Though this is not actually standardized photovoltaic mechanism happening, this is a photovoltaic-like response happening best at very high temperatures. The new process is called Photon enhanced thermionic emission (PETE).
