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Thu 07 Jul 2008Irish researchers developing spray-on solar cell
A DUBLIN-BASED company is attempting to develop "spray-on" solar cells which, if successful, could revolutionise the use of this green technology. Energy producing solar cells could simply be painted onto a roof and, if integrated into the plastics used to build consumer electronics, these could produce their own electricity.
Dr Mazhar Bari is behind the research taking place in his company, Science and Technology Research Partners (Strep). The goal is to produce much cheaper solar cells based on titanium dioxide and other nanomaterials, while avoiding the conventional silicon-based devices, says the University College Dublin and Cambridge University graduate.
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