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New iJET Solar Cell is as Easy to Make as Pizza
| Posted by Kanzen on 10:23 PM 10/07/2008 |
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New iJET Solar Cell is as Easy to Make as Pizza An Australian scientist has developed a new method of manufacturing solar cells using nothing more than some nail polish remover, a pizza oven and a standard inkjet printer.The iJET technique is so easy and cheap to carry out that it could revolutionize access to solar technology in the developing world. In a recent radio interview (audio), Nicole Kuepper, a 23 year-old PhD student at the University of New South Wales, explained the process. Firstly, she takes a standard silicon solar cell and sprays it with a substance similar to nail polish. Then, she inkjet prints something like nail polish remover onto the wafer in a set pattern in the same way that you’d print a normal photo. This enables the creation of high-resolution patterns on the cell at a very low cost. The cell is then metallized with an aluminum spray and baked at a very low temperature of around 550 fahrenheit in “something like a pizza oven.” For the full article, check the source. |
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| Source http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/05/new-ijet-solar-cell-is-as-easy-to-make-as-pizza/ |
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Wait... she STARTS with a solar cell, pisses around with some acetone and ink, then magically the solar cell turns into a solar cell? |
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"Nicole Kuepper, a 23 year-old PhD student" shes not a doctor yet she is just a student... |
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i think they should have said she starts out with the silicon wafers that the cells currently made out of... she's not actually using a solar cell to create one... think of it as chocolate milk... 2 ways to make it , milk + dry powder or milk + syrup... both use milk... she uses the milk and uses something different to make it come out chocolate milk.... i just don't think they worded it well.... |
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Mmmmm....solar milk.... |
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