Printed Solar Panels Newcastle

The university of newcastle renewable energy tech which is ultra light weight ultra flexible recyclable and cheap to manufacture will power interactive public lighting in sydney.

Printed solar panels newcastle. World first solar cell technology created at the university of newcastle has been installed at one of sydney s newest urban green spaces. Professor paul dastoor and the university of newcastle s centre of organic electronics have been working on printed solar panel technology. The university of newcastle s economic modelling shows that if they can double the efficiency of their panels and with a lifespan of 5 6 years printed solar panels can be a cheaper power option than coal. The team makes these by printing electronic ink using a.

Innovative university of newcastle printed solar panels move through successful brambles trial. Amazing steps forward for solar technology and in our own backyard. Created by university of newcastle physicist paul dastoor the organic printed solar cells are printed on a nbsp ultra lightweight laminate material similar in texture and flexibility to a potato chip packet. Newcastle university developer paul dastoor whose team has developed wafer thin solar panels that lane cove council has installed on a lattice walkway to power a light display.

The development of nanomaterials such as phosphorene will contribute to the efficiency of low cost printed solar technologies such as professor paul dastoor s printed solar. The university of newcastle has been able to deliver printed solar cells at a production cost of less than 10 per square metre. Revolutionary solar cell technology that has been 15 years in the making is about to be switched on at a newcastle business in a globally significant nbsp breakthrough in the commercial application of renewable energy nbsp. They are now powering a newcastle business and showing results in the wild.

Created by physicist paul dastoor the organic printed solar cells are printed on a ultra lightweight material similar in texture and flexibility to a potato chip packet. How long until we can print solar cells at home using inkjet printers.