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Spray-on solar power?It's already in the lab

Oct. 20, 2010
According to this Reuters report, researchers at Swansea University in Wales along with Tata Steel, an Indian steel manufacturer with $67.4 billion in sales, are coating steel sheets with photo-sensitive dye to generate electricity. Researchers believe ...

According to this Reuters report, researchers at Swansea University in Wales along with Tata Steel, an Indian steel manufacturer with $67.4 billion in sales, are coating steel sheets with photo-sensitive dye to generate electricity. Researchers believe these steel sheets can be used on cars to power on-board fuel cells and on , buildings to produce electricity.