/technologies/power-management/b/alt-energy-blog/posts/metal-layer-increases-solar-efficienciesBy adding gold nanoparticles to organic photovoltaic panels, a research team from UCLA, China, and Japan have increased the solar efficiency. By using the plasmonic effect, where the metal helps absorb more sunlight, the team pushed the overall lighten-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/alt-energy-blog/posts/metal-layer-increases-solar-efficienciesMon, 22 Aug 2011 16:49:04 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e333bbff-1809-4ca7-ba82-4816257206bfFormer Member0<p>Hi does this 20%gain occure with any other metal thats maybe not so expensive. </p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=12962&AppID=68&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">