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Possibilities of solar energy utilization

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Geographic and economic aspects of solar energy are linked with the various physical and chemical methods of solar energy conversion to heat, electricity, and endothermal chemical reactions. Principles of the conversion methods are summarized and the efficiencies of various methods reviewed briefly. Methods of concentrating the solar energy are described.

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  1. Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Energy Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Renata Reisfeld

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The author is deeply grateful to Prof. C.K. Jørgensen for many stimulating discussions, to Mrs. Esther Greenberg for her valuable help in preparation of the manuscript and to Prof. M. Schlesinger (the Vice-President of the Hebrew University) for his encouragement to the work.

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Reisfeld, R. Possibilities of solar energy utilization. Naturwissenschaften 66, 1–8 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00369349

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