Nocera says that their new process is not perfect, but it is a beginning that may re-ignite solar energy research that has been largely dormant since the 1970s.

诺塞拉说，他们的新工艺并非十全十美，但它是一个开始，可能重新点燃了太阳能的研究，已大致冬眠自七十年代以来。