The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to a team led by Texas Materials Institute faculty to develop an innovative new coating for silicon-based solar cells that could boost their efficiency by as much as 20%. It's a bold research challenge that, so far, no one else has figured out how to do — but if successful, could make solar power generation cheaper.
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The Texas Materials Institute (TMI) operates the Materials Science and Engineering graduate program, provides the instrumentation necessary to conduct modern materials research, and promotes interdisciplinary research in materials science and engineering.
