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![Two workers in white coveralls and masks examine solar cells in a cleanroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-05/Solar-cell-fab-iStock.jpg?itok=XdNRn720)
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Gorodenkoff via iStock
Alternatives to silicon-based solar cells could allow solar panel production to move out of cleanrooms like this.
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![The 14 members of the Biopacific Group pose outside Elings Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-01/bio-pacific-group-photo-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=Slr7EnpF)
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The NSF BioPACIFIC MIP group.
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![concept of attaching radical molecule to aromatic compound](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-07/metalloenzyme-catalysis-yang-uc-santa-barbara_0.jpeg?itok=24iLkwgA)
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![Illustration of molecular chain overlaid on image of plastic bottles](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/Research-60-plastics-thumbnail-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=yQrXorrL)
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Jessie Ward O'Sullivan
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Matt Perko