Flexible photovoltaics – EES in the New Scientist

An Energy & Environmental Science article on photovoltaics has been featured in the New Scientist.

The article by Brian Korgel and colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin describes a new nanocrystal photovoltaic device which can be sprayed on to a surface – making it very useful for flexible materials such as clothes or beach towels!

Read the paper now:
Spray-deposited CuInSe2 nanocrystal photovoltaics
Vahid A. Akhavan, Brian W. Goodfellow, Matthew G. Panthani, Dariya K. Reid, Danny J. Hellebusch, Takuji Adachi and Brian A. Korgel
Energy Environ. Sci.
, 2010, 3, 1600-1606

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