Several years back, I had a discussion with my biologist friend who explained how great it would be to have solar panel paint. You could just paint solar cells wherever you want: on the roof of your house, on your car, and maybe even the shoulder of freeways.
It looks like we are on our way to such technologies. Several companies are working toward printable and paintable solar cells. Nanosolar is already using a semiconductor "paint" to fabricate printable solar cells. Other companies include Konarka and Nanosys.
Imagine what new nano solar-paint technologies could do for our country. When it comes to energy production, nano has the potential to make the US self-sufficient. Why should the US be self-sufficient. One argument is for money. "One-third of the U.S. trade deficit is from imported oil. We buy 40% of the world's oil production" (Kevin Maney's USA Today article). Another interesting article can be found here.
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Wow. That's amazing. Think of the possibilities of a succesful spray-on solar cell. It could make creating space stations child's play!
It all sounds good but in the real world you dont get anything for a little bit of nothing sombody some where will be sticking there hand out wonting a fortune for nothing I,ve read so many ideas for free energy in the past years its unreal but havent seen a darn thing yet . Hmmm must be the men in black stoping it all or its all bull crap
It has been done in canada. Finally a spray on solar cell. i doubt any one company can controll the product without a patent, and if multiple companies have one, it will only get cheaper
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