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Article: Solar cells on plastic. (Sneak Preview).(solar cell research)(Brief Article)
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- Design News
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- August 19, 2002
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Putting solar cells on plastic creates some interesting possibilities, according to University of California chemists A. Paul Alivisatos, Wendy Huynh, and Janke Dittmer. "This opens up all scrts of new applications, like putting solar cells on clothing to power LEDs, radios, or small computer processors," says Dittmer. The team oreated a hybrid solar cell made from tiny rods dispersed in an organic polymer layer. The nanorods act like ...