# "Researchers create 'nanoflowers' for energy storage, solar cells"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/researchers-create-nanoflowers-for-energy-storage-solar-cells/57209>\
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**Created:** [November 4, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/researchers-create-nanoflowers-for-energy-storage-solar-cells/57209 "2012-11-04T11:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/researchers-create-nanoflowers-for-energy-storage-solar-cells/57209/1 "2012-11-04T11:43:57Z")

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> Researchers from North Carolina State University have created flower-like structures out of germanium sulfide (GeS) – a semiconductor material – that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surface area. The GeS flower holds promise for next-generation energy storage devices and solar cells.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.eurekalert.org/pub\_releases/2012-10/ncsu-rc101112.php](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/ncsu-rc101112.php))