Saule Technologies is using nanotechnology to create solar panels using perovskite crystals . "If we make a (PEDOT:PSS) battery the size of a refrigerator it can store (enough energy for) the needs of a family in a house or an apartment for a day," he said. They have thin layers of solar cells that are somewhere near one - tenth of the thickness of a single human hair , potentially reducing the cost of producing solar energy while transforming any surface into a solar panel , from walls and road - side pavement to the screen of your smartphone . " In all PV technologies and devices , we put some nanotechnology " , said Prof. Alejandro García - Rodríguez , from the University of Barcelona . " If we want to move to devices with higher functionality , lower cost , higher performance , different applications , then we need to integrate more nanotechnologies into their materials and architecture . "
Saule Technologies is using nanotechnology to create solar panels using perovskite crystals . They have thin layers of solar cells that are somewhere near one - tenth of the thickness of a single human hair , potentially reducing the cost of producing solar energy while transforming any surface into a solar panel , from walls and road - side pavement to the screen of your smartphone . " In all PV technologies and devices , we put some nanotechnology " , said Prof. Alejandro García - Rodríguez , from the University of Barcelona . " If we want to move to devices with higher functionality , lower cost , higher performance , different applications , then we need to integrate more nanotechnologies into their materials and architecture . "