Harnessing nature’s solar cells

MIT researcher Andreas Mershin has a vision that within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material. Video: Melanie Gonick

12 thoughts on “Harnessing nature’s solar cells”

  1. So basicaly people, who live in a rented flat with no backyard in the middle of the city would be skrewed over. Don’t get me wrong, it sounds like great technology and it would be great to have cheap, eficient solar panels developed. However I want to point out, that this will by no means make everyone equal in terms of production of electricity. Better shatter those illusions now than later.

  2. you are suppose to add the leaves to the chemicals, then paint the stuff on your substrate. Personally, I think they should have said dip the substrate into the chemicals so that it coats thinly.

  3. @DevanilVlog Correct Grammar: “I have learned English from the videos by MIT. Thanks for giving us subtitles.”

  4. Migueldeservantes

    Are this just words or this is going to be available any time sun? I don’t mean any disrespect! but one thing is R&D and other thing is reality! how those people that charge well over 500 bucks a solar panel are going to fell about this?

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