Thin-film solar cells in print

摘要

A banknote printing company and CSIRO are among the members of the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC), which is developing a new generation of polymer solar cells that can be printed like money.rnThe banknote printer, Securency International, has begun trials to progress the development of the printable, reel-to-reel, thin-film solar cells, designed to be cost-effectively mass-produced and easily installed.rnVICOSC includes researchers from the CSIRO Future Manufacturing Flagship, University of Melbourne and Monash University, and industry partners Securency, BP Solar, Bluescope Steel and Merck.