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A 1% efficiency won't be a net-energy-gain for any sort of large-scale commercial production.

Three key questions:

1. What is the relative scarcity, if any, of the materials used to manufacture the "inks".

2. What is the durability/degradation under "field conditions" of the cell's active photovoltaic substrate?

3. Do the "inks" degrade in an environmentally friendly fashion?



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