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January 11, 2005
A Sprayable Infrared Detector
It might not be smartmobby today, but it soon could be. Researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have designed an infrared-sensitive material made of nanocrystals so small they were able to tune them to catch the Sun's invisible rays. In "this U of T news release," you'll discover that it's the first time that a light-sensitive material works in the invisible light spectrum.This opens the way to a broad range of applications, from clothing with the capacity to turn the sun's power into electrical energy to digital cameras that work in the dark. But the real breakthrough is that it will permit to catch five more times energy from the Sun, up to 30 percent from the 6 percent achieved today by the best plastic solar cells.
Posted by Jon at January 11, 2005 09:58 PM