Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. [via io9.com]
Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results
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What a pain to cut these up! Why hexagonal? Slightly higher efficiency than square, or just a cuter photo?
It may be hexagonal just from the way the crystal is grown. It may do that naturally.
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