A team that includes a University of Missouri engineer is developing a flexible solar film that can theoretically capture more than 90 percent of available light. Prototypes could be produced within the next five years.According to Patrick Pinhero, an associate professor in the University of Missouri Chemical Engineering Department, energy generated using traditional photovoltaic methods of solar collection is inefficient and neglects much of the available solar electromagnetic spectrum. The device the team is developing is designed to harvest industrial waste heat and convert it into usable electricity. Their ambition is to extend this concept to direct solar facing nantenna devices capable of collecting energy broadly from the near infrared to the optical regions of the solar spectrum.Learn more from the University of Missouri.
Flexible Solar Film Captures Over 90 Percent of Available Light
