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Joshua Pearce’s group’s (MSE/ECE) work in solar energy was covered in an article on“Snow-covered panels: Does solar power work in the Upper Peninsula?” in the UP Second Wave and he is quoted in an article “Efficient recovery justifies silver’s use in solar cells” in Chemistry World.

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