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Fabric Solar Cells

UW assistant professor developing fabric that can harness the sun’s energy.

01/04/2018

Wisconsin Life

Fabric Solar Cells

Clip: Season 5 Episode 12 | 5m 21sVideo has Closed Captions

UW assistant professor developing fabric that can harness the sun’s energy.

With the ever increasing demand for energy, textile designer Marianne Fairbanks and chemist Trisha Andrews are working on a prototype to weave fabric into solar cells to harness the sun’s energy. Your beach umbrella could soon charge your tablet. See how they came up with the eco-friendly design.

01/04/2018

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