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Solar Cell Research

Solar panels (credit: Wikimedia)

Colored Solar Cells Could Make Display Screens More Efficient

A new kind of screen pixel doubles as a solar cell and could boost the energy efficiency of cell phones and e-readers. The technology could also potentially be used in larger displays to make energy-harvesting billboards or decorative solar panels.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/10/06

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