Solar-Powered Paint Could Produce 4,500 GW-Hrs a Year

Daox · 11-11-10, 06:30 AM

Very interesting prospect. Even if it is only 5% efficient, if you can keep the costs in line you still have an amazing product. I do wonder how it works though. Typical solar cells have a positive front and negative back side (or opposite, I forget). I'd imagine the paint has the same effect, but I'm not sure how it would be wired.

Solar-Powered Paint Could Produce 4,500 GW-Hrs a Year!

Xringer · 11-11-10, 11:39 AM

These revolutionary solar panel breakthroughs are in the news a few times a year.
But, I'm pretty sure that only about 2% of them ever see any production..

The words "solar panel breakthrough" yields About 23,800 Google hits..

Ryland · 11-11-10, 12:00 PM

I read about ideas like this in a book written 20 years ago.

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Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	These revolutionary solar panel breakthroughs are in the news a few times a year. But, I'm pretty sure that only about 2% of them ever see any production.. The words "solar panel breakthrough" yields About 23,800 Google hits..

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Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	I read about ideas like this in a book written 20 years ago.