Current loss tracked down by magnetic fingerprint
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 07:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have been working on organic solar cells for about a decade. Their manufacture is environmentally friendly and they can be applied to all kinds of materials, such as plastic film, for instance. The trouble is, they only yield a fifth of the electrical energy that silicon solar cells do, with most of the electrical current trickling away into the material instead...