Printable Solar Panels Csiro

Printable solar cells that are flexible and lightweight.

Printable solar panels csiro.

A printer at the csiro office in clayton victoria has been able to make prototypes of the solar cells in order to improve their efficiency. World leading scientists at the csiro said the a3 sized panels which are created by laying a liquid photovoltaic ink onto thin flexible plastic could soon mean everyone has the ability to print their own solar panels at home. Making solar a reliable stable power source for australia s energy future including solar thermal systems and next generation cells. Photovoltaics solar energy developing low cost environmentally friendly production methods to change how and where photovoltaic energy can be generated.

Enter csiro and organic photovoltaics flexible paper thin cost effective printable plastic solar cells. We re developing new materials and processes to produce thin flexible and semi transparent solar cells based on printable solar inks. Australian scientists have found a way to print large but extremely lightweight and flexible solar panels like money. The victorian organic solar cell consortium behind the project comprises scientists from the csiro and the melbourne and monash universities who have been working on printing solar cells since 2007.

The team quickly produced results creating coin sized solar cells and increasing them to a3 size. And now with a new solar cell printer installed at csiro scientists can produce these solar cells ten times the size of what was previously possible. The technology consists of a type of solar ink which. A computer generated image of the astri 3d model.

Csiro melbourne and monash universities bring printable solar panels closer to market. The csiro s scholes said although silicon cells are still on top of the market she predicts printed solar cells will be a key part of the renewable energy mix. While the team can t produce the cells commercially itself a number of manufacturing companies are stepping forward. The team says that they are really close to bringing the new technology to the market.

Imagine a world where your purse bag or phone case could charge your electronic devices with the power of the sun.