Portuguese research brings solar power to fabrics

Picture a world where your jeans or coat can generate enough energy to charge the battery on your mobile phone or a future where the curtains in your living room help power your lamps. Well it could be closer than you think.

Portuguese researchers at the Center for Nanotechnology and smart materials (CENTI) are working to create new materials and devices to do just that the technology is called Dephotex.

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