Saule Technologies is using nanotechnology to print solar panels using perovskite crystals. Extremely thin printable solar panels could power your phone and are amongst a range of new ways nanotechnology is opening the door to a clean energy and waste-free future. They produce thin layers of solar cells that are somewhere near one-tenth of the thickness of a single human hair, potentially reducing the cost of producing solar energy while transforming any surface into a solar panel, from walls and road-side barriers to the surface of your smartphone. "In all PV technologies and devices, we put some nanotechnology", said Prof. Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez, from the University of Barcelona. The researchers have developed an innovative method for manufacturing these ultra-thin, flexible solar panels.
Saule Technologies is using nanotechnology to print solar panels using perovskite crystals. They produce thin layers of solar cells that are somewhere near one-tenth of the thickness of a single human hair, potentially reducing the cost of producing solar energy while transforming any surface into a solar panel, from walls and road-side barriers to the surface of your smartphone. "In all PV technologies and devices, we put some nanotechnology", said Prof. Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez, from the University of Barcelona. The researchers have developed an innovative method for manufacturing these ultra-thin, flexible solar panels.