Sargent awarded $10 million for nanotechnology infrared solar research
Acclaimed nanotechnology researcher Ted Sargent has been awarded a $10 million dollar grant from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia – an international graduate-level research university set to open in September 2009.
Sargent’s research will build on the work for which he has already won wide acclaim – developing nanotechnology that uses the infrared rays of the sun to provide power for virtually everything that now uses electricity. In 2005, Sargent and his research team at U of T proved that it is possible to capture and convert the sun’s invisible infrared rays into electricity. The team did so using a material that could be simply spray-coated onto any flexible backing.
Source: news.utoronto.ca