1.0JHU Engineering Magazinehttps://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archiverich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qGcK9LMkum"><a href="https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archive/2018/05/new-focus-solar-cells/">Upstarts: A New Focus for Solar Cells</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archive/2018/05/new-focus-solar-cells/embed/#?secret=qGcK9LMkum" width="600" height="338" title="“Upstarts: A New Focus for Solar Cells” — JHU Engineering Magazine" data-secret="qGcK9LMkum" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archive/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archive/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Solar-Cells_THUMB.jpg300200Next-generation materials for solar cells are cheap, flexible, and transparent, attributes that give them potential for creating films to coat windows or buildings. But defects that accumulate at large scales prevent them from being used for practical power generation.