Abstract

Like the mask that conceals a superhero's dark secret, the glass and plastic sheets encapsulating the world's fastestgrowing solar panel design conceal an unlikely environmental hero: cadmium. Now this toxic heavy metal, together with tellurium, aims to make solar power cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels, perhaps within a decade. The latest sign of the technology's rising fortunes is the decision by General Electric to enter the business next year.

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