What if it were a lot easier to install solar power? zstock/Shutterstock.com July 31, 2018 Designing a ‘solar tarp,’ a foldable, packable way to generate power from the sun Darren Lipomi, University of California, San Diego Silicon is cheap and a good semiconductor, but it’s bulky and rigid. Using organic polymers as semiconductors could yield solar panels with the physical characteristics of plastics.
Someya Laboratory/University of Tokyo October 10, 2016 Three ways organic electronics is changing technology as we know it Stuart Higgins, Imperial College London Flexible plastic electronics are already altering the world around us.
Shutterstock November 9, 2015 How trillions of tiny solar panels could power the internet of things Jeff Kettle, Bangor University It’s not easy powering a network of billions of sensors. But this could be a solution.