Tiny gold spheres could improve solar energy harvesting (IMAGE)

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Tiny gold spheres could improve solar energy harvesting

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This supraball (top) is 2100 nanometers in diameter and is made from hundreds of tiny gold nanoparticles (bottom) engineered to boost solar energy absorption.

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Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c23149

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