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Niven's 'Black Power' Now Available In Infrared
   A team lead by University of Toronto scientist Ted Sargent has created a sprayable plastic composite that could harvest as much as thirty percent of the solar power that strikes a surface.

Cheap Paint-On Flexible Solar Panels
   I keep thinking there must be some way to turn all the sun-soaked surfaces in my life into power-generators...

Photovoltaic Paint On Steel Sheets By The Corus Group
   Fascinating new technology comes only about a decade after Larry Niven wrote about it.

Spray-On Nano-Ink Solar Cells
   Solar cells in a convenient spray can? Not impossible, say University of Texas researchers.

Solar Power Paint For Any Size Solar Cells
   One coat solar paint can be applied to any conductive surface to create an instant solar cell.

Printable Liquid Solar Cells
   'What's finally knocked the bottom out is this new solar electric paint.'

Transparent Solar Cell Film Has Clear Advantages
   'It turns sunlight into electricity... you spray it on.'- Larry Niven, 1995.

Peel And Stick Thin Film Solar Cells
   'It turns sunlight into electricity, just like any solar power converter, but you spray it on.'- Larry Niven, 1995.

Low Cost Spray-On Solar Cells
   'It turns sunlight into electricity... you spray it on.'- Larry Niven, 1995.

Colloidal Quantum Dots Make Spray-On Solar Cells Possible
   'Black Power... you spray it on.'- Larry Niven, 1995

Your Solar Electric Paint Is Ready, Larry Niven
   '...you spray it on.' - Larry Niven, 1995

Mercedes Benz Solar Paint
   'It turns sunlight into electricity, just like any solar power converter - you spray it on.' - Larry Niven, 1995.

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