Found this article about a new plastic that will work as a solar panel to absorb energy and could be placed on clothing.
www.ctv.ca...
New plastic can better convert solar energy
Canadian Press
TORONTO — Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that's five times more efficient at turning the
sun's power into electrical energy than current methods.
The discovery could lead to shirts and sweaters capable of recharging our cellphones and other wireless devices, said Ted Sargent, professor of
electrical and computer engineering at the university.
Sargent and other researchers combined specially-designed minute particles called quantum dots, three to four nanometres across, with a polymer to
make a plastic that can detect energy in the infrared.
