Synthetic Solar Cells Grown on Tobacco
You may be able to put this in your pipe but don't smoke it. A team at UC Berkeley have found a way to grow synthetic photovoltaic and photochemical cells on tobacco plants. They are then extracted, dissolved in a solution and sprayed onto a substrate with the result being solar cells. They may be not be as efficient as silicon but they are biodegradable.
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Posted by Sheila Franklin at February 1, 2010 8:50 PM
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