Solar Cell Innovation
Flexible, Organic Solar Cells Developed
Valuable for Constant, Low Power Generation
A team of scientists led by Rice University along with Brookhaven National Lab have developed organic, flexible solar cells. The photovoltaics are valuable for constant, low power generation. The scientists accomplished this breakthrough by adding a chemical reagent that provides flexibility to the material while maintaining its efficiency.
Organic Value
Organic solar cells are inexpensive, lightweight, semitransparent and thin. They use carbon based material like polymers to capture sunlight as opposed to hard inorganics like silicon. The team built in the flexibility by using the sulfur based additive thiol-ene. They found at 20% thiol-ene the cells retained their efficiency and gained flexibility. The results were just published in the journal Chemistry of Materials. For more on the latest in renewable energy innovation, go to my Amazon Author's Page and borrow Important Innovations: Collection Vol. 4 for free amazon.com/author/ekane
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Valuable for Constant, Low Power Generation
A team of scientists led by Rice University along with Brookhaven National Lab have developed organic, flexible solar cells. The photovoltaics are valuable for constant, low power generation. The scientists accomplished this breakthrough by adding a chemical reagent that provides flexibility to the material while maintaining its efficiency.
Organic Value
Organic solar cells are inexpensive, lightweight, semitransparent and thin. They use carbon based material like polymers to capture sunlight as opposed to hard inorganics like silicon. The team built in the flexibility by using the sulfur based additive thiol-ene. They found at 20% thiol-ene the cells retained their efficiency and gained flexibility. The results were just published in the journal Chemistry of Materials. For more on the latest in renewable energy innovation, go to my Amazon Author's Page and borrow Important Innovations: Collection Vol. 4 for free amazon.com/author/ekane
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