Solution-based? So does that mean we could finally see phone cases coated with the stuff straight from the factory?

Or paint for your house?

Graphene: what a better use for carbon in stead of burning it. Love this.

Perhaps one could spray it on a tent or camper and be able to charge things with it so they could be used at night? ie, solar powered lights or recharge ones phone or electronics? I think it has a lot of potential.

Well now, that's impressive

@ ridelo Actually, the quantity of carbon used for nano applications is ridiculously small.
But yes, burning coal must stop.
Bill McKibben's "Do the Math" campaign shows that another 565 gigatons of carbon emissions take us to a CO2 level that equates a still manageable (if unpleasant) temperature rise by 2 degrees C. Unfortunately, industry has already identified reserves of 2,795 gigatons of carbon for exploration.
In other words, until we stop massive carbon emission we are quite literally cooked.

This is good. Plenty of Carbon around. Time to find ways to use this material to our advantage.

Impressive!! As soon as the cost of solar cells goes down, I'm going to cover the roof of the house and garage with solar power cells and figure out how to use all that power.

15.6% of how much of the visible spectrum?

I wonder how durable it is? If very durable I can imagine it being applied to streets and/or sidewalks to aid in powering street lights and free Wi-Fi. Painting buildings houses and cars for free energy is another no brainer.