Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Inkjet printed solar cell turns your portrait into a power source



One drawback with solar cells is that flat, pitch-black panels have only limited aesthetic appeal and limits their application, but a team of researchers at Aalto University have come up with an inexpensive inkjet-printed solar cell that can be made into text or images. Designed to be used with low-power devices, it has already shown performance and durability comparable to that of existing organic dye solar cells.

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Category: Science

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Solar Cell
Aalto University
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