NANOTECHNOLOGY OFFERS CHANCE OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS, EXPERTS SAY
May 1st, 2007
BY MARK ROWE, in LondonPLASTIC electronics - despite facing some logistical challenges - are likely to have significant implications for sustainable energy production through the development of organic solar cells, according to a leading researcher.Dr John de Mello, lecturer in nanotechnology at Imperial College London told a Royal Society conference in London on nanotechnology's impact on the environment, that plastics offered a "step-change" in sustainable energy production."There's a widespread realisation that conventional silicon solar cells can't meet even ...
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