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January 27, 2008
Nanosolar Powersheet
Popular Science Innovation of the Year: Nanosolar Powersheet
Silicon Valley-based Nanosolar's Powersheet was named innovation of the year by Popular Science. The Powersheet is a solar cell made with printing-press style machines that set down a layer of nanoparticle ink onto metal sheets as thin as aluminum foil. The panels can be made for about a tenth of what current panels cost and at a rate of several hundred feet per minute.
Nanoparticle ink is a proprietary ink developed by Nanosolar that makes it possible to simply print the semiconductor of a high-performance solar cell on highly conductive yet low-cost foil.
Posted by Sun at January 27, 2008 02:06 AM