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The following article is an edited transcript based on the plenary presentation given by Nathan S. Lewis (California Institute of Technology) on April 11, 2007, at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco.

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Lewis, N.S. Powering the Planet. MRS Bulletin 32, 808–820 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs2007.168

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