It's about time they find something useful for pyrite to do. Lemme see, can we open a mine near Cape St Francis?
A new paper in the journal Environmental Science & Technology assesses the requirements for scaling solar photovoltaic systems to the terawatt levels needed to supply electric power on a global scale. The authors identify iron pyrite, FeS2, as an attractive but unconventional alternative: The raw materials for pyrite aren’t scarce, and both the energy and monetary costs of production could be low.
Pyrite
(natural mineral crystal)
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