Harnessing the light fantastic
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Presenter: Nick Terrill
Published: February 2013
Age: 14-19 and upwards
Views: 1442 views
Tags: light photovoltaic polymer silicon
Type: Lectures
Source/institution: Royal Society of Chemistry
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Professor Nick Terrill, principal beamline scientist at Diamond Light Source, explains how intense light produced at the UK’s national synchrotron science facility in Oxfordshire is being used to examine colour changing polymers and research the next generation of photovoltaics, which use plastic instead of silicon.
