To polymer-based plastic solar cells a new type

Compared to traditional silicon solar cells, which is based on a polymer plastic solar cells a new type of low cost, easy to manufacture, so has the prospect of a much broader market.

University of Chicago researchers said, they synthesized a new polymer plastic materials may be under conditions of low-cost, solar panels will greatly improve the performance.

Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Professor Lu Ping Yu, who has committed such a polymer plastic material. He said that the technology is the key to improve photovoltaic conversion rate, in the past of similar material at many photoelectric conversion rate of 5% to 6%, and new materials and photoelectric conversion rate has been increased to 8%, and the recent also expected to improve.

According to introduction, this result has been the United States, California, bought a solar power company and is expected to translate into products later this year.

Compared to traditional silicon solar panels, which is based on a polymer plastic solar panels of the new low-cost, easy to manufacture, so has the prospect of a much broader market.

Source: windosi.com Mar. 28, 2009