2006 Thin-Film Solar - possible use for Solar Vehicles
A recent invention in solar power has been developed by Professor Vivian Alberts at the University of Johannesburg, which uses a micro-thin metallic film, that will make solar electricity five times less expensive than traditional solar photovoltaic cells. For the first time, solar electricity will be economically feasible, cheaper than coal and can be implemented locally for use in homes, neighborhoods, businesses, towns and communities worldwide without reliance only on a central utility grid.
2006 Applied Materials | Applied Films |
"Thin film" solar cells -- sprayed onto glass or other flat surfaces. Aplied Films offers production solutions for Wafer-based and Thin film solar cells.
Spray-On Solar-Power Cells Are True Breakthrough | January 2005
The plastic material uses nanotechnology and contains the first solar cells able to harness the sun's invisible, infrared rays. The breakthrough has led theorists to predict that plastic solar cells could one day become five times more efficient than current solar cell technology. Like paint, the composite can be sprayed onto other materials and used as portable electricity. A sweater coated in the material could power a cell phone or other wireless devices. A hydrogen-powered car painted with the film could potentially convert enough energy into electricity to continually recharge the car's battery.
Nanosolar : http://nanosolar.com/ |
A Solar Panel on Every Building™.
Nanosolar is on track to make solar electricity: cost-efficient for ubiquitous deployment - mass-produced on a global scale - available in many versatile forms. Nanosolar has developed proprietary technology that makes it possible to simply roll-print solar cells that require only 1/100th as thick an absorber as a silicon-wafer cell -- yet deliver similar performance and durability. Our technology dramatically lowers the process cost and complexity involved in the production of thin-film solar cells and makes it possible to scale production very rapidly. The result sets the standard for the technology and products that make it possible to put A Solar Panel on Every Building™.
