Australian student makes solar cells with nail polish

Talk about resourcefulness! An Australian PhD student has developed a way to prepare solar cells cheaply — and I’m talking really cheaply. She used nail polish, a pizza oven and an ink jet printer, and VOILA, solar cells were born.

Nicole Kuepper’s invention, iJET could pave the way for third world countries to use the technology considering of the extraordinarily low costs.

In about 5

years the technology will have been commercialized and Nicole is hoping that citizens in developing countries will be able to ” at night, keep informed about the world through radio and television and refrigerate life-saving vaccines.”

She’s aly been awardedtwo Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, which is the highest scientific honor in the land down under. Way to go Nicole!

[Source] Kyle Hepp

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