Canadian Researcher Invents New Solar Cell

Yahoo! News - Canadian Researcher Invents New Solar Cell

Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented a flexible plastic solar cell that is said to be five times more efficient than current methods in converting energy from the sun into electrical energy.
Team leader Ted Sargent, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the university, said the cell harnesses infrared light from the sun and can form a flexible film on the surface of cloth, paper or other materials.
And the film can turn 30 percent of the sun's power into usable electrical energy -- a far better performance than the 6 percent gleaned from the best plastic solar cells now in use.

30% efficiency is prettty damn good. I'm a little confused about the Canadian part though. I thought they were all lumberjacks or something...