Quote Originally Posted by Ask The Geezer
Actually, I think it's already been done. It's just incredibly inefficient.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...n+photovoltaic

"Nanosolar has developed a material of metal oxide nanowires that can be sprayed as a liquid onto a plastic substrate where it self-assembles into a photovoltaic film. A roll-to-roll process similar to high-speed printing offers a high-volume approach that doesn't require high temperatures or vacuum equipment. Nanosys intends for its solar coatings--based on structures called nanotetrapods--to be sprayed onto roofing tiles. And Konarka is developing plastic sheets embedded with titanium dioxide nanocrystals coated with light-absorbing dyes."

http://www.forbes.com/investmentnews...21soapbox.html

Here's what a wired nano looks like. See how small they are?

Have you seen those nano wires (well you won't have SEEN them) but they're of no use other than powering nano objects... and apparently they're so fragile that exposure to extreme heat or sunlight can just burn them up!

Way to go scientists!