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Photoelectric cells 光电池 To dye for 染料光电池 A new type of cell may bring solar energy indoors 一种新型电池有望将太阳能引进室内 THE phrase indoor solar power sounds like an oxymoron. 室内太阳能这词听着像个冤亲词。 But there is growing interest in the idea of using photoelectric cells to run gadgets as well aspower gridsand doing so even when those gadgets are inside buildings. 但是人们却对利用光电池为电子产品及电网供电这个想法兴趣渐浓。 Much of the light these cells used would, of necessity, come from incandescent bulbs,fluorescent tubes and light-emitting diodes rather than through the window from the sun. 当然，这种电池所用的光大部分来自白炽灯、荧光灯及LED灯，而非透过窗户照进来的阳光。 But if the right sorts of cells were available this could be cheaper than constantly replacingthe batteries that currently power electronic gizmos. 若有适合的光电池能替代目前电子产品所用的要经常更换的电池，那用电成本将会降低。 On April 8th G24 Innovations, a firm based in Wales, announced that it may have come upwith just such a cell. | 
