They are made at low temperature, work in low light, are transparent, and can be printed
onto flexible surfaces.
Researchers at University of Toronto invented a way to spray solar cells
onto flexible surfaces using tiny light - sensitive materials.
«Printing nanomaterials with plasma: New method can deposit nanomaterials
onto flexible surfaces and 3 - D objects.»
Kramer and colleagues have just invented a new way to spray solar cells
onto flexible surfaces using miniscule light - sensitive materials known as colloidal quantum dots (CQDs)-- a major step toward making spray - on solar cells easy and cheap to manufacture.
Not exact matches
Solar - sensitive CQDs printed
onto a
flexible film could be used to coat all kinds of weirdly shaped
surfaces, from patio furniture to an airplane's wing.
Now, researchers have developed a new method that uses plasma to print nanomaterials
onto a 3 - D object or
flexible surface, such as paper or cloth.
To produce the stratified
surface of these paintings, Johnson drips layers of acrylic paint
onto freezer paper and allows them to dry and form a skin — a
flexible, plastic - like puck of pigments that she attaches to the paintings with glazing medium for added texture and embellishment.
Once the right formulations were found, the team sprayed them
onto different
surfaces including ceramic tiles, glass, stainless steel,
flexible polymers and even a beer stein to test how they would bond to the
surfaces.