Strengthening Solar Cell Performance with Graphene

Graphene is a nanomaterial that has been attracting a remarkable amount of interest as a potential game changer for various applications, from energy storage to flexible transparent displays. Graphene is basically a honeycomb-patterned sheet of carbon atoms. It is only as thick as one carbon atom — making it a two-dimensional material — that still manages to be 200 times stronger than steel. It is also almost entirely transparent and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity that is quite impermeable and flexible.