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第十三篇(2) Solar Power without Solar Cells A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without ___51___ semiconductor-based solar cells. The researchers found a way to make an optical battery,” said Stephen Rand, a professor in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Physics and Applied Physics. Light has electric and magnetic ___52___, Until now, scientists thought the effects of the magnetic field were so weak that they could be ignored. What Rand and his colleagues found is that at the right ___53___, when light is traveling through a material that does not conduct electricity, the light field can generate effects that are 100 million times stronger than previously expected. ___54___ these circumstances, the magnetic effects develop strength equivalent to a strong electric effect. “This could lead to a new kind of solar cell without semiconductors and without absorption to produce ___55___ separation,” Rand said. “In solar cells, the light goes into a material, gets absorbed and creates heat. Here, we ___56___ to have a very low heat load. Instead of the light being absorbed, energy is stored in the magnetic moment. Intense magnetization can be induced by intense light and then it is ultimately ___57___ of providing a capacitive power source.” What makes this possible is a previously undetected brand of “optical rectification,” says William Fisher, a doctoral student in applied physics. In traditional optical rectification, light’s electric field causes a charge separation, or a pulling ___58___ of the positive and negative charges in a material. This sets up a voltage, similar to that in a battery. Rand and Fisher found under the right circumstances and in ___59___ type of materials, the light’s magnetic field can also create optical rectification. The light must be shone through a material that does not ___60___ electricity, such as glass. And it must be fo