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University’s Physics Researcher Develops Nanoparticle Coating for Solar Panels
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University researcher has developed a nanoparticle coating for solar panels
that makes it easier to keep the panels clean, which helps maintain their
efficiency and reduces the maintenance and operations costs.
The
patent-pending coating developed by physics professor Seamus “Shay” Curran,
director of an institute for NanoEnergy, has successfully undergone testing at
the Dublin Institute for Technology and will undergo field trials being
conducted by an engineering firm in North Carolina.
Curran said the June testing in Ireland and the field trials being done at Livingston & Haven in Charlotte, N.C., represent significant steps forward in moving the coating and a related technology to the marketplace. A demonstration of the coating was conducted Friday (Aug. 10) at Livingston & Haven.
Curran said the June testing in Ireland and the field trials being done at Livingston & Haven in Charlotte, N.C., represent significant steps forward in moving the coating and a related technology to the marketplace. A demonstration of the coating was conducted Friday (Aug. 10) at Livingston & Haven.