The above image is just a generic can of paint and a solar installation, there is no color information currently for solar paint. I would guess it is a dark brown or slate color.


As you may have read here before, solar is good but efficiency is low. The value of solar is realized over time as the impact on the environment is low and especially low impact on air quality. As a very predictable source of energy, solar is understandably a winning source of renewable energy. There are many organizations working to create the next "best" thing in solar and one company thinks they are in the lead. NextGen has created "solar paint".

The NextGen solar paint is a liquid material that forms webs of nanoscale solar cells when it dries and it can be painted onto practically any surface. Developed by the Argonne National Laboratory, the solar paint beats out thin-film PV cells in efficiency because it captures more wavelengths of light.

The company is working with ambitious clean tech investors, hoping to get the prototype out of the lab and onto roofs, windows and walls soon. A commercial breakthrough of this type of clean energy technology.

Read more about the source research that NextGen is using by following the related link below.