The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced a revolutionary solar-power development this week.
Officials at the Cambridge, Massachusetts university unveiled on Tuesday a solar cell printed on paper - a technological achievement that has the potential to be extremely popular, if it can be commercialized successfully.
"If you could use a staple gun to install a solar panel, there could be a lot of value," Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Research Center director Vladimir Bulovic was quoted as saying by tech website CNET.
Eni, an Italian energy company, contributed $5 million to the construction of the new solar-research institute.
Why is an oil company funding a center for solar research? Simple, Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni said at the center's opening this week. "We always thought that solar energy is what is going to replace hydrocarbons," he noted.
And, he added, "if only 10 percent of what [he had] seen [at the center] materializes, this research will change the world."
While the on-paper solar cell is not yet competitive with conventional technologies - its efficiency is only 1.5 to 2 percent, compared to 18 or 19 percent for the best commercial solar panels - is may portend a future where solar cells can be printed on any surface.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced a revolutionary solar-power development this week.
