Portable power: Tiny solar cells show promise

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CHICAGO — Researchers have developed some of the tiniest solar cells ever made and said on Thursday the organic material could potentially be painted on to surfaces.

So far, they have managed to pull 11 volts of electricity from a small array of the cells, which are each just a quarter of the size of a grain of white rice, said Xiaomei Jiang of the University of South Florida, who led the research.

"They could be sprayed on any surface that is exposed to sunlight -- a uniform, a car, a house," Jiang said in a telephone interview.

"Because it is in a solution, you can design a special spray gun where you can control the size and thickness. You could produce a paste and brush it on," she said.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20081106/SCIENCE-US-SOLAR-CELLS

[medeak]

1. K&R

[silverweb]

2. Excellent.

Every new development moves us closer to where we need to be.

:kick:

[amyrose2712]

3. K!

[The Doctor.]

4. WOW... and I thought the NJIT find was great!

There's only 'x' amount of energy in a given square inch of light depending on angle of insolation and atmospheric conditions... but this is really amazing.

We are SO on our way.