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Dye Solar Cell Has Surprising Components
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Cost-effective dye solar cells developed by OrionSolar have significant advantages over traditional solar cells. Here, Dr. Jonathan Goldstein, Chief Scientist and Founder of OrionSolar, is explaining the benefits of his innovation, as well as some surprising materials in his solar cell.



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14 Comments
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:17 am
I think a roll to roll high speed system could churn out the stuff for $ 0.10 per watt and we could furnish every man woman and child on earth with abundant Pv! Say goodbye to oil and coal and nuclear waste!
November 22nd, 2010 at 1:15 am
He didn’t said tha they are less temperature sensitive than silicon and less direct sunlight dependent also, at least those that I know.
November 22nd, 2010 at 1:31 am
@RAndersom True, the live shorter than silicon ones but still the cost (in $ and energy for manufacture) is by far lower, and they can give more energy per day than a similar peak watts silicon panel (unless you use a sun follower in the desert of coarse). And they should be easy to recycle too.
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:11 am
@Joniruchi uhhh…cheaper renewable sources of energy….seriously? dumbass go bitch slap urself for that dumb comment
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:23 am
i cant help but wonder what the circumstances leading to this insane situation were….lol!
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:33 am
make your one its easy enough that the romans could have done it
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:06 am
but what you didn’t say is how short the useful life is
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:19 am
The sollar panels are too expensive,
doesn’t mater how cheap they are , the reseller always keep the price high.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:41 am
So where can I buy it NOW ???
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:43 am
$150 for 100 watts peak, now we’re talking!
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:11 am
California needs more devices like this and pull away from the greedy oil companies. Oil keeps dropping on the stock market and yet gasoline keeps going up. Gas dropped down to $1.69 but just in the past few weeks it has already gone towards $2.39 a gallon and you know the oil companies will be pushing it right back to over $5.00 dollars a gallon as soon as they can once more. It is just a game with them. They do not care how they rape and pillage the common man.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:52 am
We hope that our houses can have this to provide our necessary energy.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:39 am
It is’nt him who invented the dye solar cells, but it was the professor Gratzel in 1991
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:48 am
It seems Nanosolar may a close competitor after all.