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       2019-12-31T17:50:54Z
       
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       A new nanotech advancement involving a nontoxic and earth-abundant compound called "barium zirconium sulfide", or BaZrS3, is making it even easier to convert solar energy into usable electric grid infrastructure."BaZrS3 belongs to a category of materials known as chalcogenide perovskites, which are nontoxic, earth-abundant compounds.In recent years, theorists have calculated that various chalcogenide perovskites should exhibit useful electronic and optical properties ... "https://phys.org/news/2019-12-scientists-thin-tantalizing-electronic-properties.htmlEarlier story about the same thing: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/07/026.htmlPhotos here of various Solar Demo houses  that might do well in a desert climate like #Nevada. #NanoTech #Solar #Architecture #Design