June 9, 2014

Bringing cheaper, lighter solar cells outdoors



“The field has moved fast, and keeps moving fast, but we need to work toward bringing performance to commercially compelling levels”

Think those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbour’s roof are the pinnacle of solar technology? Think again.

Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that outshines the current state of the art employing this new class of technology.