Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.
Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.
Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other electronics. But the pace of innovation is bottlenecked by the speed at which researchers can manually measure important material properties.
A fully autonomous robotic system developed by MIT researchers could speed things up.
Their system utilizes a robotic probe to measure an important electrical property known as photoconductance, which is how electrically responsive a material is to the presence of light.
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