Hot swap: New materials could lead to more efficient solar-power systems

摘要

THE DEPLOYMENT of large-scale solar energy utilities could be made more economically viable with photovoltaic (PV) materials that are being developed in Oxford. The technology has been developed by researchers at ISIS Innovation, Oxford University's technology transfer company. Andrew Watt, from Oxford's Department of Materials, explained that the new ISIS photovoltaic system is based on visible-light-absorbing metal oxides commonly used as pigments in paints.