Solar3D plans to launch 3D solar cell prototype at the end of this year which will be the start before launching into the commercial market for the next one or two years. 3D solar cell technology is claimed to be more efficient and less expensive.
3D solar cell technology was patented by Solar3D in November 2010. In 2011, Solar3D will improve their technology by designing the elements of light-trapping of solar cells, maximize efficiency, and to design the micro-structure of three-dimensional photovoltaic cells. The next step is for the fabrication of prototype models.
Actually, the 3D solar cell work using micro-photovoltaic structures that will trap sunlight then bounce the photons around and then turn into electrons. This can be described as a prism that captures the light to produce a few reflections.
If the breakthrough can be successfully commercialized , it might change the market of solar cells that already exist today.
so this is like pre-pre-pre-pre-release info...
ReplyDeletepatent they _filed_ for, now they'll see if they can actually get funds together to geek-out to make the brilliant idea work
this is a bit reminiscent of what we referred to, as teenagers, of the PopularScience effect. We noticed that pretty much everything written about in that magazine would never become an actual publicly available product - and the few things that did pretty much charged up-front for all the prospective efficiencies/savings.
I hope my observation is completely wrong and this 3D solar flies.
The Japanese already have a 3D photovotaic receptor, call the Spelar. It is a small ball of silicone which acts as a lense and can be embedded in a plasic sheet or other substrae. See: http://www.kyosemi.co.jp/product/pro_ene_sun_e.html
ReplyDeleteJim Miller
Ohhhhhh....It's a amaizing idea, if it really become in "REAL" it will surely helps a lot to crack the Energy crises...
ReplyDelete@Jim: Thanks for providing url.