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Cheap Spray-on Plastic Solar Cells Coming

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-isn't-that-special dept.

coyote1 writes "The Sacramento Bee reports about custom-tailored molecules and spray-on plastic could someday create the next generation of solar cells -- more flexible, more efficient and much less expensive than existing sources of solar power. Nanotechnology is used to organize the molecules that are sprayed onto a surface."

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  1. Re:Personal Applications... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    And then you'd die (the paint would clog your pores)

  2. Re:Additional Propulsion by efuseekay · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How can a clearly Offtopic -1 post be modded up as Interesting +1?

    I find the pioneer-10 grav anomaly as interesting as the next person (who happens to be an astrophysicist right now), but come on! This is a topic on Solar Cells for chrissake!

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