Posts Tagged: Ted Sargent

New technique offers spray-on solar power

Pretty soon, powering your tablet could be as simple as wrapping it in cling wrap. That’s Illan Kramer’s (ECE) hope. Kramer and colleagues have just invented a new way to spray solar cells onto flexible surfaces using miniscule light-sensitive materials known…

Better together: U of T Engineering celebrates its industry partnerships

More than 250 current industry partners are helping to advance U of T Engineering’s research activities and create business solutions with global impact. That’s 250 great reasons to celebrate. On Nov. 19, industry representatives and researchers attended a reception held…

What Nature can teach humans about energy: Q&A with Ted Sargent

Two thousand metres below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, tiny bacteria survive in near-darkness by harvesting the dim light released from hydrothermal vents. As humans increasingly look to the sun as a renewable energy source, what better model than…

New class of nanoparticle brings cheaper, lighter solar cells outdoors

Think those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbour’s roof are the pinnacle of solar technology? Think again. Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new…
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