The nanotech company Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. has just announced that it has formed a subsidiary, Shrink Solar LLC, in order to market a solar film that could be used to retrofit windows and other elements of existing buildings to function as mini solar power stations. The technology can also be applied to conventional silicon crystal solar panels to boost efficiency.
Instead of relying on mirrors or other conventional concentrating solar technology, Shrink Solar uses nanocrystals to soak up parts of the light spectrum that conventional silicon crystal solar panels don’t absorb. And just imagine, we have that classic children’s toy from the Disco era, Shrinky Dinks, to thank for this…