https://freerepublic.com/tag/photocells/ en-us Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:56:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1353412/posts http://www.hindu.com/seta/2005/02/03/stories/2005020300431600.htm Breakthrough in solar photovoltaics THE HOLY Grail of researchers in the field of solar photovoltaic (SPV) electricity is to generate it at a lower cost than that of grid electricity. The goal now seems to be within reach. A Palo Alto (California ) start-up, named Nanosolar Inc., founded in 2002, claims that it has developed a commercial scale technology that can deliver solar electricity at 5 cents per kilowatt-hour. Molecular self-assembly The breakthrough has come through the application of nanotechnology to create components via molecular self-assembly, including quantum dots (10nm large nanoparticles) as well as nanotemplates with structural order... The Hindu https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1353412/posts#comment Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:56:56 GMT