Photo Story: 3D solar cells based on optical fibre

Take a detailed look at the work of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, who have made a three-dimensional photovoltaic cell around an optical fibre.

The conversion structure is dye-sensitised and is based on coated zinc oxide structures grown on the fibre. "Using this technology, we can make photovoltaic generators that are foldable, concealed and mobile," said Professor Zhong Lin Wang. "Optical fibre could conduct sunlight into a building's walls where the nanostructures would convert it to electricity. This is truly a three dimensional solar cell."

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