These Plastics Create Electricity
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-12-16T18:00:33Z
... layers are protected with glass or plastics, its lifetimes arecomparable to traditional solar cells. Thecompanies are expected to establish a joint venture company in Japan to produceorganic thin-film photovoltaic panels. Ink systems Plextronics'key product for the solar market is Plexcore PV, a ready-to-use ink system. In printed...http://www.designnews.com/article/511956-These_Plastics_Create_Electricity.php
Solar Plane Takes Flight
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-10-18T17:03:50Z
... with specialization in fluiddynamics and lightweight structures. Frei also is a former Swiss fighter pilot. Reporting to Frei are a small group of staff engineers and alarge group who work for corporate partners. They include Claude Michel, seniorvice president at Solvay and head of the Solvay-Solar Impulse Partnership. TheSolvay Group is one...http://www.designnews.com/article/511006-Solar_Plane_Takes_Flight.php
Electrical Dust Screens Boost Photovoltaic Efficiency
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-08-25T16:24:37Z
... panel. Use of solar, or photovoltaic, panels increased by 50percent from 2003 to 2008, and forecasters predict 25 percent annually.Large-scale solar installations already exist in the U.S., Spain, Germany, theMiddle East, Australia and India. As a general rule, they are located in dry areas where windssweep dust into the air...http://www.designnews.com/article/510274-Electrical_Dust_Screens_Boost_Photovoltaic_Efficiency.php
Motion System Brings ‘Smart House' to Life
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-07-26T14:50:18Z
...VirginiaTech's Lumenhaus , a recentfirst-place winner of the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe, is an 800-sq-ftenergy-optimized "smart" home that leverages an active system of motioncontrols to minimize the overall HVAC load on the house. "The thought behind the Lumenhausdesign was to build a sustainable smart house with the ability...http://www.designnews.com/article/509890-Motion_System_Brings_Smart_House_to_Life.php
Princeton Research Boosts Printing of Conductive Plastics
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-04-01T19:42:53Z
...Conductive plastics can be printed on membranes to createsolar cells in a new technology developed by Princeton researchers with a NationalScience Foundation grant. "Conductive polymers have been around for a longtime, but processing them to make something useful degraded their ability toconduct electricity," says Yueh-Lin Loo, an associate professor ofchemical engineering at Princeton. "We have figured out how to avoid thistrade-off. We can shape the plastics into a useful form while maintaining highconductivity." The Princeton researchers treat the polymers with an acidto relax them following processing. Electrodes of a transistor were produced byprinting treated...http://www.designnews.com/article/455138-Princeton_Research_Boosts_Printing_of_Conductive_Plastics.php
Power Optimizer Boosts Solar Efficiency
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-04-01T04:00:00Z
... impairments don't affect surrounding panels. "We took our power management experience and put together a solution that solves the mismatch problem," Muenster says. "This can increase the photovoltaic efficiency of even the largest arrays in the desert." For more information, go to http://designnews.hotims.com/27742-529 . ...http://www.designnews.com/article/455303-Power_Optimizer_Boosts_Solar_Efficiency.php
Fisker's First Hybrid Features Aluminum Frame
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-03-01T15:57:00Z
...Aluminum will play an important role in lightening newelectric and hybrid cars. Exhibit A is an advanced aluminum space frame in the FiskerKarma sports car that debuts tomorrow at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. Fisker Automotive's engineering team designed the Karma'sspace frame around the car's Q-DRIVE®series...http://www.designnews.com/article/451524-Fisker_s_First_Hybrid_Features_Aluminum_Frame.php
Plastics Engineers Cite Environmental Winners
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-02-12T16:05:55Z
...Plastics Engineers Cite Environmental Winners...http://www.designnews.com/article/449038-Plastics_Engineers_Cite_Environmental_Winners.php
Bioplastics Eye the Sun
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-02-09T15:12:31Z
...-based company called Plextronics opened a small-scale manufacturing facility last year to produce solar demonstration modules with printable solar inks made from conductive polymers, such as those used by Konarka. So far, there are no plans to use bio-based plastics as part of the conductive plastic cells, but the idea is intriguing. Also underway...http://www.designnews.com/article/448409-Bioplastics_Eye_the_Sun.php
Tracking the Sun
Article Source: Design News | Date: 2010-02-08T18:18:32Z
... energy projects, one of the drivers in solar tracking is the emergence of concentrated photovoltaics. Because the optics used in these systems magnify and concentrate the sunlight onto a small solar cell, they require very precise two-axis tracking of the sun to achieve peak output. He says many solar customers are using physical prototyping...http://www.designnews.com/article/448221-Tracking_the_Sun.php
