Solar Power From Nanotechnology
The solar cell, our main technology for capturing solar energy and turning it into electricity, has been steadily getting cheaper and much more efficient. What it hasn't been doing, however, is becoming more flexible or thinner.
Correspondent Josh Zepps checks out how nanotechnology is helping MIT researchers pioneer solar cells that can be printed on flexible plastic cells as thin and light as a sheet of paper.
Solar Power From Nanotechnology
energyNOW checks out how nanotechnology is helping MIT researchers pioneer solar cells that can be printed on flexible plastic cells as thin and light as a sheet of paper.
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Preview: Solar Power From Nanotechnology
energyNOW checks out how nanotechnology is helping MIT researchers pioneer solar cells that can be printed on flexible plastic cells as thin and light as a sheet of paper.
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