New Record For Organic Solar Cells Today, Solar-Powered Car Tomorrow
A new solar cell record brings the concept of a solar powered car closer to reality, starting with solar sun roofs and moving to full body solar “paint.”
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Van Gogh–Inspired Iridescent Starry Bicycle Path Begins Year Of Van Gogh Events
An illuminated bicycle path recently opened commencing a year of cultural events being held in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France to honor the 125th anniversary of the death of Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890). Made from thousands of stones spreading iridescent light captured in the daytime, a swirling, glowing path for bicyclists and … [continued]
Caution: Wet Solar Power (New Affordable Solar Paint Research)
The concept of a liquid, paint-on solar cell is old news these days, but a research team from the University at Buffalo in New York has come up with an interesting new angle. The team is working on a paintable solar material enhanced with nanoparticles of metal, in order to … [continued]
Turn Your Beer Mug into a Paint-On Solar Charged Battery
Paintable and printable solar cells are lowering the cost of solar power, and now researchers at Rice University have come up with a battery to match. They have developed a new paintable lithium-ion battery that can be applied to almost anything from beer mugs and bathroom tiles to plastics, glass … [continued]
Walls that Generate Electricity
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation intends to start selling a material that enables the walls of buildings and various other structures to generate electricity.
Snooki Get Back: New “Spray Tan” Turns Windows into Solar Energy Generators
Now that Snooki has introduced the TV-viewing world to the glories of spray-on tans, the concept of spray-on solar power doesn’t seem so far fetched. In the solar powered world of the future you can spray-paint energy producing photovoltaic cells onto just about any surface, including windows. That’s what a … [continued]
Your Blue Jeans May Hold the Key to Cheap Solar Power
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a process for building an organic molecular-scale framework that could be used to collect solar energy. They did it using phthalocyanines, which are common dyes used in blue jeans and numerous other products. [social_buttons] The researchers came up with a way to assemble the … [continued]
Shrinky Dinks Sparks Another Giant Nanostep Forward for Low Cost Solar Power
The nanotech company Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. has just announced that it has formed a subsidiary, Shrink Solar LLC, in order to market a solar film that could be used to retrofit windows and other elements of existing buildings to function as mini solar power stations. The technology can also be … [continued]
Cheap Solar Paint Takes a Giant Step Closer to Reality
For all the excitement over low cost solar power, much of it is still in the development stage backed by government resources and has yet to prove that it can compete on the market with cheap fossil fuels. However some private investors are starting to bet on low cost solar … [continued]
Scientists Create Energy-Producing Solar Paint
A recent partnership between the steel industry and UK university researchers has led to the development of a unique photovoltaic paint that can be applied to steel.
