Could be a game changer, imagine painting the entire body of an EV or a hybrid like this to charge the batteries. Or a roofing material for construction.
The guys working on ultra-thin inkjet solar panels are just doing fundamental research in chemistry. They are diving down a rabbit hole that doesn't provide any benefit I can see over existing technologies.
For example, these guys: https://www.abc.net.au/news/sc... [abc.net.au]
have had plastic roll-to-roll screen printed solar sheets for years.
Why would you use the inkjet system in BeauHD's article to slowly print solar cells when you can use mass-manufacture screen-printing techniques to print solar cells on plas
Odd that the people in that article have a 2-3 year lifespan problem.
I did work c. 2004 for a company in MA that had organic roll-to-roll at higher efficiencies and longevity than that but it still wasn't commercially viable.
Automotive use? (Score:3, Interesting)
Could be a game changer, imagine painting the entire body of an EV or a hybrid like this to charge the batteries. Or a roofing material for construction.
Not a game changer (Score:5, Informative)
For example, these guys: https://www.abc.net.au/news/sc... [abc.net.au] have had plastic roll-to-roll screen printed solar sheets for years.
Why would you use the inkjet system in BeauHD's article to slowly print solar cells when you can use mass-manufacture screen-printing techniques to print solar cells on plas
Re:Not a game changer (Score:2)
Odd that the people in that article have a 2-3 year lifespan problem.
I did work c. 2004 for a company in MA that had organic roll-to-roll at higher efficiencies and longevity than that but it still wasn't commercially viable.
Oh, CISRO ... the quest for patent rents.