Technology, eh. It's amazing what you can do with a printing press. In this case, it's the merging of inkjet print and solar cell technology - see Printing energy.
Nanosolar has created a press capable of printing up to 1GW's worth of cell structures a year, it says, using nanoparticle ink to produce back-contact thin-film cells.
The company's chief executive Martin Roscheisen is quoted in the
article saying it is both cheaper and faster than current state of the
art alternatives, via a high-vacuum process.
"Our 1GW CIGS coater cost $1.65 million. At the 100 feet-per-minute speed shown in the video, that's an astonishing two orders of magnitude more capital efficient than a high-vacuum process," he said.
"Our 1GW CIGS coater cost $1.65 million. At the 100 feet-per-minute speed shown in the video, that's an astonishing two orders of magnitude more capital efficient than a high-vacuum process," he said.
See also: The Electronics Weekly focus on solar cells, presenting a roundup of content related to photovoltaic technologies, converting light sources to energy.
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Comments (1)
I just love watching how they pipe the ink through on the video - just makes it seem so obvious that inkjet - or jetting - is the right platform to fabricate these kinds of devices
Posted by Matt Whipp | July 10, 2008 3:29 PM
Posted on July 10, 2008 15:29