Comments on: PAINT-ON SOLAR CELLS http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: dcpandassociates http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-115134 dcpandassociates Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:41:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-115134 I am a painting contractor and would like to learn more about the products. I would be even willing to run test programs and participate in any research and or development. I am a painting contractor and would like to learn more about the products. I would be even willing to run test programs and participate in any research and or development.

]]> By: tualatinchris http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-112018 tualatinchris Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:27:05 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-112018 With the new presidential administration coming on board, I'd like to see this project well funded as part of the energy policy, hopefully to speed its development and implementation. With the new presidential administration coming on board, I’d like to see this project well funded as part of the energy policy, hopefully to speed its development and implementation.

]]> By: AlanPHunter http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-108280 AlanPHunter Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:18:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-108280 I'd love to see a follow up to this story to find out how successful the BuckyBall molecules that are sent down the nanotube have been. It seems that BuckyBall molecules could change the face of more than just solar energy technology. I’d love to see a follow up to this story to find out how successful the BuckyBall molecules that are sent down the nanotube have been. It seems that BuckyBall molecules could change the face of more than just solar energy technology.

]]> By: mainmac http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-89828 mainmac Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:18:47 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-89828 Curt: As of July 2008, the naitonal average electricity price per kilowatt is 9 cents, much higher in some states. In California it\'s 12 cents: http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/115.htm Also where \'Time of Day\' rates are available, the actual rates that solar will be replacing are much higher, I would bet 25% overall would be common. Curt:
As of July 2008, the naitonal average electricity price per kilowatt is 9 cents, much higher in some states. In California it\’s 12 cents:

http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/115.htm

Also where \’Time of Day\’ rates are available, the actual rates that solar will be replacing are much higher, I would bet 25% overall would be common.

]]> By: adrian http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-85421 adrian Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:49:06 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-85421 Just a couple of questions i would like Somenath to answer. Can you mix this product to create a coloured paint?? If so you could create a green home with some arty effects! I would also like to know how much the Product will be selling for and how long it will take untill it is ready for sale. As i live in Singapore it takes a while to get things like the iPhone so i hope it won't take so long as i really want to use it!!! Just a couple of questions i would like Somenath to answer.

Can you mix this product to create a coloured paint?? If so you could create a green home with some arty effects!

I would also like to know how much the Product will be selling for and how long it will take untill it is ready for sale.

As i live in Singapore it takes a while to get things like the iPhone so i hope it won’t take so long as i really want to use it!!!

]]> By: babuni47 http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-78923 babuni47 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:36:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-78923 I am intersted to be u r contact in India I am intersted to be u r contact in India

]]> By: Curt http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-77880 Curt Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:02:06 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-77880 Nano solar is the company that is developing the ink for solar printing but the math isn't accurate. If it cost $1/ watt then the pay back time for that energy would be close to 14 years. The power companys today will charge $.07 for a thousand watts of electricity. So the cost for solar power is about 14 times more. The technology just can't compete with dirt cheap fossil fuels currently. Nano solar is the company that is developing the ink for solar printing but the math isn’t accurate. If it cost $1/ watt then the pay back time for that energy would be close to 14 years. The power companys today will charge $.07 for a thousand watts of electricity. So the cost for solar power is about 14 times more. The technology just can’t compete with dirt cheap fossil fuels currently.

]]> By: ' + title + ' - ' + basename(imgurl) + '(' + w + 'x' + h +') http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-77764 ' + title + ' - ' + basename(imgurl) + '(' + w + 'x' + h +') Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:20:33 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-77764 [...] gettin’ my pink on today after reading about a new eco-solar-technology—solar cells painted on building products. According to a team from Swansea University this type of technology will soon be coming to a [...] [...] gettin’ my pink on today after reading about a new eco-solar-technology—solar cells painted on building products. According to a team from Swansea University this type of technology will soon be coming to a [...]

]]> By: Inhabitat » Paint on Solar Power! http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-77746 Inhabitat » Paint on Solar Power! Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:20:04 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-77746 [...] But what if the solar panel was an integral part of every building? What if solar cells could be painted on building products? Well, according to a team from Swansea University this type of technology will soon be coming to a [...] [...] But what if the solar panel was an integral part of every building? What if solar cells could be painted on building products? Well, according to a team from Swansea University this type of technology will soon be coming to a [...]

]]> By: um http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-64093 um Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:49:07 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-64093 just paint the the whole city with it. ya... everything may be blackish greenish but no more destroying our environment? Guess that means our trees wont turn blackish greenish. just paint the the whole city with it. ya… everything may be blackish greenish but no more destroying our environment? Guess that means our trees wont turn blackish greenish.

]]> By: Ian MacLatchie http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-60036 Ian MacLatchie Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:11:57 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-60036 Better still ... there are miles and miles of road that is exposed to sunlight all day long... paint the damn roads with the stuff. Solar energy will end up wherever the roads do!! Hell make the roads power the cars! Better still … there are miles and miles of road that is exposed to sunlight all day long… paint the damn roads with the stuff. Solar energy will end up wherever the roads do!! Hell make the roads power the cars!

]]> By: Law http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-54519 Law Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:29:54 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-54519 They have been talking about this for two years now. Have we actually seen the stuff? Have we heard any actual time line on when it MIGHT i stress the word might be on shelves. Has anyone ever actually seen the stuff at all??? How much do you think oil companies would pay to have them shut up and forget what they discovered? They have been talking about this for two years now. Have we actually seen the stuff? Have we heard any actual time line on when it MIGHT i stress the word might be on shelves. Has anyone ever actually seen the stuff at all??? How much do you think oil companies would pay to have them shut up and forget what they discovered?

]]> By: Paint that absorbs solar power » article » Gadgets Network http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-49691 Paint that absorbs solar power » article » Gadgets Network Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:45:55 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-49691 [...] Source: Inhabitat [...] [...] Source: Inhabitat [...]

]]> By: Paint that absorbs solar power » Coolest Gadgets http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-49656 Paint that absorbs solar power » Coolest Gadgets Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:00:32 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-49656 [...] Source: Inhabitat [...] [...] Source: Inhabitat [...]

]]> By: Jenn http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-49652 Jenn Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:57:18 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-49652 Exciting stuff - There is also a Canadian Researcher from Toronto who has come up with a method to priduces micro dot solar cell which could also be painted on to thin plastic sheets. The solar cells are made from made from olive oil and two other chemicals. The use infra-red light instead of visible light to generate the solar power and are more efficient that traditional solar power. I think the Research name is Ted Sargent. Exciting stuff – There is also a Canadian Researcher from Toronto who has come up with a method to priduces micro dot solar cell which could also be painted on to thin plastic sheets. The solar cells are made from made from olive oil and two other chemicals. The use infra-red light instead of visible light to generate the solar power and are more efficient that traditional solar power. I think the Research name is Ted Sargent.

]]> By: Technology » Blog Archive » Researchers develop “paint-on” solar cells http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-49643 Technology » Blog Archive » Researchers develop “paint-on” solar cells Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:23:47 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-49643 [...] The quest to builder a better, cheaper solar cell continues on, as researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed a new type of solar cell that can be printed or painted onto flexible plastic sheets. Unlike traditional silicon cells, the print-on cells are composed of carbon nanotubes and buckyballs, which results in substantially cheaper manufacturing costs and greater efficiency, since apparently carbon nanotubes are terrific conductors. The scientists seem pretty pumped about the potential for their tech, with lead researcher Somenath Mitra quite confidently proclaiming that we’ll all soon be printing “sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers.” Yeah, we’re sure there won’t be any shenanigans going on in that ink cartridge market. [Via Inhabitat] [...] [...] The quest to builder a better, cheaper solar cell continues on, as researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed a new type of solar cell that can be printed or painted onto flexible plastic sheets. Unlike traditional silicon cells, the print-on cells are composed of carbon nanotubes and buckyballs, which results in substantially cheaper manufacturing costs and greater efficiency, since apparently carbon nanotubes are terrific conductors. The scientists seem pretty pumped about the potential for their tech, with lead researcher Somenath Mitra quite confidently proclaiming that we’ll all soon be printing “sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers.” Yeah, we’re sure there won’t be any shenanigans going on in that ink cartridge market. [Via Inhabitat] [...]

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]]> By: Planeta IPLegal » Researchers develop “paint-on” solar cells http://inhabitat.com/paint-on-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-49484 Planeta IPLegal » Researchers develop “paint-on” solar cells Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:40:20 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/22/paint-on-solar-cells/#comment-49484 [...] [Via Inhabitat] [...] [...] [Via Inhabitat] [...]

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