Print Solar Cells with an Inkjet Printer
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Solar Video Channel, Posted on Oct 27, 2009
Straight to the Source
If you like the idea of solar power, but aren’t convinced by expensive, clunky solar panels, there’s a more manageable option: print your own on an inkjet! Konarka Technologies has just debuted a printable solar panel film that uses a common inkjet printing process to manufacture paper-thin photovoltaic solar cells. Using the existing and very simple technologies of your office inkjet printer, Konarka has essentially replaced ink with the solar cell material, and paper with a thin flexible sheet of plastic.
