New Process Could Create Cheap, Flexible Solar Panels Based on Polymers
 

*Source: DailyTech (http://www.dailytech.com/New+Process...icle8149.htm)*
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Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) claim to have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets.

In a release prepared by the University, researcher Somenath Mitra, PhD, stated, "Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers. Consumers can then slap the finished product on a wall, roof or billboard to create their own power stations." Mitra is a professor and acting chair of NJIT's Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences.

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