E.ON backs organic solar cell research

6 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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