Solar Cell Researcher Explores Nanotech Ideas (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) — A UT Dallas researcher envisions a time soon when plastic sheets of solar cells are inexpensively stamped out in factories and then affixed to cell phones, laptops and other power-hungry mobile devices. And a new $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation should help him come closer to realizing that vision.
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