Victorian organic solar cell consortium

According to CSIRO materials scientist Dr Scott . VICOSC Project Coordinator and Senior Research Associate, Dr David Jones, said that this funding provided an . Working on new materials, new device architectures, printing processes and device lifetime and testing. Both bulk heterojunction and solid-state dye sensitised solar cells. The team quickly produced , creating coin-sized solar cells and increasing them to Asize.

The efficiency of the solar cell depends both on how well the material captures light to set these electrons free, as well as how effortlessly the electrons travel through the material.

The open -air printing process uses commercial, off-the-shelf printers with solar .

The team has developed processes that use spray coating , reverse gravure and slot-dye coating, as well as screen printing. The state government has part-funded the project. Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells are made from organic (carbon-containing) materials instead of silicon, making them lighter and less expensive than conventional silicon solar panels. The group has already seen great success developing printable thin . Flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells: your questions answered.

VICOSC initially investigated organic and related dye-sensitized cells , focusing on developing. Cell Consortium (VICOSC), based in Melbourne, formed by. The solar ink technology was previously developed by the CSIRO in conjunction with Melbourne and Monash universities. ARENA Project 2-A0and Australian . The possibility of printing solar cells of the size of an Asheet of paper may finally take solar power to the masses and make renewable energy hopefully soon our number one source. They hope to see commercial market production for use in low-power applications in the very near future.

The key benefit of such technology is in . He has also continued to develop new . As researchers have developed newer, more efficient solar panels, the viability of solar power has been on the rise. Swedish Consortium for Artificial Photosynthesis . This commenced with early work in Cambridge on polymer LEDs and was extended in Melbourne to printing large area organic and polymer-based photovoltaic devices. Printable and flexible solar cells, which can turn . Active layer morphology is of key importance in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells.

Team Leader, BP Catalyst Discovery Project.