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Printed Solar: Falling Out Of Favor?
Printed solar photovoltaic technology is on its way down, according to a report from Lux Research. Some high-profile failures, like the collapse of Konarka last year and the near-collapse of U.K.-based G-4, have turned investors off of printed solar. Private investment in the technology fell from $105 million in 2008 to $20 million in 2012, [...]
Printable Liquid Solar Cells Developed at USC
What would we do without nanotechnology and its potential for great things? Allowing us to scale down products to teeny objects, this revolutionary technology is all set to pave the way for liquid solar cells that can literally be printed onto surfaces. Researchers at USC are the brains behind this technology that use nanocrystals to [...]
How X-Rays Can Make Better Printable Electronics
Yesterday, we harped about how scientists were able to discover the cause of efficiency in organic polymer solar cells. And now, a group of researchers have determined how some materials perform comparatively better in the realm of printable electronics. For this intricate procedure, the scientists employed powerful X-rays, which can be utilized to observe organic [...]
FUTUREWATCH: Printable Solar Cells
The production of conventional solar cells is a costly affair. This is one reason that has hindered the popular use of solar energy for day-to-day electricity demands of households and organizations. Another reason is the use of a complex technology for producing solar cells and less enthusiasm among governments to adopt solar technologies. However, all [...]
Screen-printable Solar Cells from Oxford Photovoltaics
Eco Factor: Dye-sensitive solar cell uses screen printing technology to affix them onto windows. The future says “print solar cells onto your window and producegreen energy.” Oxford Photovoltaics has developed solar cells that canbe printed directly onto glass to make power-generating windows. TheOxford University-affiliated group has won over $150,000 prize moneyfrom the U.K. Technology Strategy [...]
MIT Develops Printable Solar on Paper
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology havedeveloped a new technology that allows solar cells to be coated onpaper. The printed solar cells are still in the research phase and might be years away from being commercialized. The technique involves thecoating of organic semiconductor material on paper using a processsimilar to an inkjet printer. The [...]