The point of this technique is that it is much lower and lasts longer than a typical silicon battery, from the point of view of raw efficiency data.
An Australian physicist is trying to drive innovation in a new low-cost solar energy that could make it easy for users to register their energy accounts as easily as they would for mobile phone numbers.
At an exhibition in Melbourne last May, Professor Paul Dastoo of the University of Newcastle, Paul Dastor, showed how a solar cell produced using organic molecular technology could power screens and displays.
This type of solar panel thickness of less than 1 mm, using double-sided tape fixed, texture similar to potato chips, the production cost per square meter less than $10.
Dastor has been working on this technology for more than more than 10 years, and is now embarking on a 200-square-metre installation project, the first of its kind in Australia and the world. He said, ' We need to find a solution and quickly reduce the demand for basic load power, the low cost and high speed that this technology can bring is exciting, which is an issue that needs to be considered before the Australian summer arrives.
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He also said that, as Canberra was once again affected by the inertia of energy policies, commercial pilots were well proof that industry and academia were ' beginning to move together '. ' If we reflect on where we have been since the last decade and what we have seen in Canberra over the past few weeks, the one thing that this project highlights is that universities and industries are coming together to develop together, which is very exciting.
' The efficiency of printed solar technology is lower than that of silicon-based solar technology and is more susceptible to degradation.
But Dastor that its lower production and installation costs will make it more competitive. The point of this technique is that if it is much lower and lasts longer than a typical silicon battery from the point of view of raw efficiency data, these numbers are actually not important.
' ' What is the key to the cost of energy? ' The production, fabrication and installation costs of these materials are low, and they are more competitive in terms of total energy costs in large-scale production.
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Dastor says it is easy for companies to sell energy ' projects ' to consumers, which is as simple as registering a phone number.
The commercial installation was completed within one day by five employees, and the laboratory-scale printer can produce hundreds of meters of product in one day. ' It's important to note that I'm not sure how the industry actually works in the real world, but it seems to me that the technology won't last very long but will be improved very quickly.
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' Both of these factors are similar to what we did when we were using the phone, so I think this is a pattern, and in this mode you just get the part that you have provided for you, which will be an ongoing upgrade and replacement project. ' Because of the very low cost, it is also very easy to launch another solar cell. I think that, over time, our current view of solar and solar panels will change fundamentally.
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