Jamuns can be used to make low-cost solar cells: IIT-R study

IIT Roorkee scientists have used a pigment found in jamuns (black plums) as an inexpensive light-absorbing material for solar cells. The jamun trees' abundance in IIT campus gave the idea of using their dye for Dye Sensitised Solar Cells, researchers said. India's climate commitment of reducing dependence on fossil fuels has inspired the search for alternate energy sources, they added.