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Printable A3-sized solar cells hit a new milestone in green energy
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Imagine a future where solar panels speed off the presses, like newspaper. Australian scientists have brought us one step closer to that reality.
Researchers from the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) have developed a printer that can print 10 meters of flexible solar cells a minute. Unlike traditional silicon solar cells, printed solar cells are made using organic semi-conducting polymers, which can be dissolved in a solvent and used like an ink, allowing solar cells to be printed.
Not only can the VICOSC machine print flexible A3 solar cells, the machine can print directly on to steel, opening up the possibility for solar cells to be embedded directly into building materials.
“Eventually we see these being laminated to windows that line skyscrapers,” said David Jones, a researcher at University of Melbourne who is involved with the work. “By printing directly to materials like steel, we’ll also be able to embed cells onto roofing materials.”
Printing 10 meters of solar cells in a minute means good things for solar.(via Printable A3-sized solar cells hit a new milestone in green energy | Ars Technica)
Totally nerding out to this…
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Mark Twain on the Afterlife.
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Just relax Timmy…
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Irony or hypocrisy?
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8 Beer Innovations We’d Actually Use
Over the years, Beer companies have attempted to improve your drinking experience with several half-assed “improvements” to their cans and bottles; and while wide-mouthed cans and cold-activated logos are nice, they don’t exactly scream “CONSUME ME AND ONLY ME FOR THEREST OF YOUR PATHETIC LIFE.” As such, I propose these actual alcoholic innovations to make drinking beer even more fun than it already was.
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Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM
Does your toilet water drain differently than in the other hemisphere? Is it because of the Coriolis effect? Hank has some things to clarify about these questions, and more in this edition of I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means.
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Why throw your shirts on the bed when you can RIP THEM OFF.
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Proof that there is a god!
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