E.ON backs organic solar cell research
6th January 2009
As part of their ‘Application of Nanontechnology in the Energy Business’ initiative, energy company E.ON has awarded the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey a research grant.
The money will go towards a three-year project to design, fabricate and characterise organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells.
The Institute hopes the emergence of organic material based solar cell technologies will be more cost-effective than the traditional silicon-based cells.
Professor Ben Murdin, associate dean for research, said, ‘This project is a fine example of basic research, undertaken as part of an EPSRC Portfolio Partnership, moving to the next stage of exploitation. The grant of close to €1m will be a welcome addition to the nanotechnology portfolio of the Faculty and University.’
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