Thursday, August 24, 2006

Nanosolar: Printing Solar Film Like Paper

Nanosolar is a company based in Palo Alto, California, which uses an innovative technique to produce a kind of "solar film". To make the film, Nanosolar prints CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenium) onto a thin polymer using machines that look like printing presses. There is no costly silicon involved in the process, and, ultimately, a solar cell from Nanosolar will cost about one-fifth to one-tenth the cost of a standard silicon solar panel.

1 comment:

SmedRock said...

About freakin' time. Now maybe I can afford some alternative energy soures for the house. solor would rock.