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Two-sided solar cells soak up the sun

By Rivka Borochov Thirty-five years ago, Russian Jewish scientists Lev Kreinin and Nelly Brodin cooked up a theoretical idea for the Russian space agency to collect energy from the sun to power satellites: a bifacial, or double-sided, solar panel. Twenty years ago, Kreinin and Brodin immigrated to Israel with their know-how. After partnering with Prof. [...] more