Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World » spray on photovoltaics http://inhabitat.com Green Design Will Save the World Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:00:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Spray-On Solar Cells Energize Almost Any Surface http://inhabitat.com/spray-on-solar-cells-energize-almost-any-surface/ http://inhabitat.com/spray-on-solar-cells-energize-almost-any-surface/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:20 +0000 Yuka Yoneda http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=57080 spray on solar cells, spray on photovoltaics, solar power, solar energy, brian korgel, university of texas at austin, copper indium gallium selenide, cigs, sunlight-absorbing nano-particles, nanocrystals, spray on solar cells

Bulky and expensive photovoltaic panels are so 2008. What does the future look like? Entire buildings, rooftops and even windows spray-painted with revolutionary nanoparticle inks that channel solar power into a thin, semi-transparent and relatively inexpensive medium. Sound crazy? Not at all, according to one group of chemical engineers.

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