Photo: Caltech The Return of the Hairy Solar Panel The big brains at the California Institute of Technology (every time I hear about Caltech I think of Richard Feynman …) have figured out a way to create solar panels that have at least three very desirable characteristics: 1) They are very good at absorbing light, 2) they are mostly made of cheap plastic and only use a very small amount of expensive semiconductors, and 3) they are flexible. How do they do that?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Solar Cell is 98% Plastic and Catches a Record-Breaking 96% of Incident Light