Subscribe by EmailOrganic Photovoltaics may be within consumer price range
July 19, 2007 by BrianBoyko | 0 comments
Researchers at NJIT (my alma mater) have produced photovoltaic cells using carbon molecules which can potentially be “painted” onto surfaces or even printed out.
“The process is simple,” said lead researcher and author Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and acting chair of NJIT’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. “Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers. Consumers can then slap the finished product on a wall, roof or billboard to create their own power stations.”
“Fullerene single wall carbon nanotube complex for polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells,” featured as the June 21, 2007 cover story of the Journal of Materials Chemistry published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, details the process.
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