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Paint-on photovoltaics? - Grumpy Grandpa - 14 May 2013
http://scitechdaily.com/organic-photovoltaics-potentially-as-inexpensive-as-paint/
Very experimental but does it bring the day of living solar off-grid just a little bit closer for those of us with limited finances, do you think?
RE: Paint-on photovoltaics? - Highlander - 14 May 2013
Interesting,.. but I bet its not on the market in my lifetime,...
RE: Paint-on photovoltaics? - Straight Shooter - 14 May 2013
In the early eighties on the news was a guy who claimed that he had developed a polymer that when applied to the internal walls of a house , the heating bills would be reduced by 85% ................I am still bloody waiting for it to come out! ...in the papers 3 days later the guy said he had sold the formula for a undisclosed sum to a undisclosed buyer .....?
RE: Paint-on photovoltaics? - Grumpy Grandpa - 15 May 2013
(14 May 2013, 21:36)Straight Shooter Wrote: In the early eighties on the news was a guy who claimed that he had developed a polymer that when applied to the internal walls of a house , the heating bills would be reduced by 85% ................I am still bloody waiting for it to come out! ...in the papers 3 days later the guy said he had sold the formula for a undisclosed sum to a undisclosed buyer .....?
I reckon that happens a lot. Industry sector leader sees potential competition, buys it out, buries it. This is a university research team though. Could that happen in this case?
I agree with Highlander on this one though - I ain't gonna be around...
RE: Paint-on photovoltaics? - SecretPrepper - 15 May 2013
sounds amazing maybe too good to be true.
RE: Paint-on photovoltaics? - LiveItUp - 15 May 2013
I also think this could be quite interesting, but doubt it will become commercial any time soon.