Fulton Schools researchers are helping to advance technologies that are making solar energy systems more effective and at the same time less expensive. A research team led by Zachary Holman (pictured), an assistant professor of electrical and energy engineering, and Jason Yu, an assistant research professor, have mixed an additional material with the silicon in current solar cells that boosts the percentage of sunlight those cells can convert into electrical power. They foresee the new cells making their way onto commercial solar panels in the coming years.