The University of Newcastle Australia has announced that it has successfully used thin-film solar cells with a thickness of less than 1 mm using traditional printers and completed the first large-scale commercial installation.
200 square meters of thin film solar cells installed on the roof of the Australian company's factory
It is reported that the solar cell developed by the university uses ultra-light organic materials, which are printed on a sub-millimeter-thick plastic film by a conventional printer. The material and softness of the battery are similar to that of potato chips. The bag, and the battery material is also very cheap, the production price per square meter is less than 10 Australian dollars.
At present, the printers of NTU Lab can be used to manufacture thin-film solar cells of several hundred meters per day, and if industrialized printers are used in the future, it is easy to achieve several kilometers per day. Not only low cost Easy to produce, easy to install. Because the material is light and thin, just use ordinary double-sided adhesive to fix it.
Professor Paul Dastoor, a physicist at Newcastle University in Australia, said that thin-film solar cells and their systems were independently developed by Newcastle University, including the production of electronic ink, battery printing and roof mounting systems.
After the first large-scale physical installation on the roof, the team tested and adjusted the system and completed the system upgrade in a short period of time, which not only greatly improved the system's aesthetics, but also improved the installation method and battery efficiency. Professor Dastoor said: 'In the past year, we have doubled the power output of this system and hope to double the system output in the next three months. Our ultimate goal is to make this renewable energy Technology products are installed on all roofs. '
Professor Dastoor said that this new type of thin-film solar cell has completed the research and development of the laboratory. The next step is to find a way to make a new battery from the old battery to realize the safe recycling and reuse of the thin-film solar cell.