How LED works (as told by cute animal GIFs)

In the midst of the global pandemic, we all need some distractions. So... I present you, the operating principle of engineering marvel that is light emitting diode (LED), as told through cute animal gifs!

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How to keep up with climate tech developments

Three weeks ago, I left my previous job at Capital One and joined a climate tech startup. Since then, quite a few people reaching out to me and expressed interest in finding a data science job in climate tech setting. I collect my resources in this blog post.

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"Shelves of cans of worms" - why deep-tech in energy is tough

Reminiscing about first decade of my career in materials science and deep-tech energy companies, and what I learned about the sector. (Also: what software companies and fruit flies have in common, and why working on deep tech energy technologies can feel like opening cans of worms all day.)

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Multijunction solar cell fabrication and encapsulation

Question

How are multi junction solar cells are fabricated and encapsulated?

Answer

Assuming you are talking about III-V multi-junction solar cells, they are usually deposited by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD). Sometimes, Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) is used, especially in a research environment (where throughput is not critical).

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