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EPA Grant Number: SU836022
Title: Don’t Eat Your Spinach: Nature Inspired Biohybrid Solar Cells
Vanderbilt University students will develop a biohybrid solar panel that substitutes a protein from spinach for rare metals (mined), and is capable of producing electrical energy.
Challenge Area(s): Energy
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Vanderbilt University:
Don’t Eat Your Spinach: Nature Inspired Biohybrid Solar Cells
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