Imagine the paint on your house powering the electric devices inside it. That’s a possible application of some research being conducted at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology. A team at the center lead by Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Prashant Kamat has found a way to create a kind of solar paint that uses nanoparticles to create energy from light. “The universities are important centers for energy innovation, and this is an exciting and interesting lower cost solution for solar generation,” said Greentech Media’s Carolyn Campbell.
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Color Me Electric: Researchers Develop Solar Paint
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 27, 2011 05:00 AMImagine the paint on your house powering the electric devices inside it. That’s a possible application of some research being conducted at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology. A team at the center lead by Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Prashant Kamat has found a way to create a kind of solar paint that uses nanoparticles to create energy from light. “The universities are important centers for energy innovation, and this is an exciting and interesting lower cost solution for solar generation,” said Greentech Media’s Carolyn Campbell.