Comments on: Print Solar Cells With an Inkjet Printer

By: sibia

sibia — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:04:25 +0000

I am interested in printing solar panels or have some other substitute so as to cut down the cost of electricity in our hospital so as to make the treatments more affordable. – any suggestioins please. – Dr.Sibia

By: flyer

flyer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:05:18 +0000

sounds great but where can i get the design and what materials do i need ????????

By: paradigmshift

paradigmshift — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:39:23 +0000

If we figure in the real cost of oil to our society you realize that a lot of these alternative energy technologies are economical now. the real problem is the financing for these technologies is not readily available. If you could pay 200 dollars a month to buy a systems that you would own in ten years or so and know your energy bill would not ever go up more people buy these systems , its just the up front expense stop the average person.

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This is Tech » Blog Archive » Print Solar Cells With an Inkjet Printer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:15:10 +0000

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By: Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:40:11 +0000

Yes, both Nanosolar and Konarka are doing the same thing – NOT delivering commercial photovoltaics. Both firms are spending enormous amounts of VC money on long-shot technology and neither has delivered real volume product. Konarka especially is about releasing press releases and not delivering anything.

By: oakling

oakling — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:09:49 +0000

You might be able to make a small batch out of a large production, but I bet that it would be awfully expensive to make a large batch on a home printer, and that it would involve a lot of money for the materials, which only a large production could recoup by selling them – especially if by “large production” they meant “enough for many many many buildings”. Personally, I just hope to be able to get powerful cheap solar panels, of whatever size and kind, by the time I buy my own house! And this sounds like it’s getting us closer….

By: Your Obedient Serpent

Your Obedient Serpent — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:44:36 +0000

Isn’t Nanosolar doing essentially the same thing? I’ve seen a couple of articles about Konarka’s announcement last week, and none of them mention that Nanosolar announced something very similar within the last month or two.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:18:24 +0000

Sounds great, but it isn’t as great as it sounds. First, inkjet technology is used, but in a multilayer technology. One needs different layers for negative and possitive conduction, so you can’t just buy a solar cell material cartridge for your officejet for your DIY power station. And a second issue is the lifecycle. Where normal PV panels can last for about 5000 houres of energyproduction, polymer-based solar panels can at present last for about 500 houres of energy production, holding back efficiency.

And how can it be only feasable for large productions and thus not for home use. It only takes a pair of scissors to make a small batch out of a large production. ;-)

Anyway, I’m very eager to see this technology up close and to use it!

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