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SolarPrint is clearly linked to EPFL DSC (or DSSC) technology acknowledging DSC is Michael Gratzel's original idea on their web site.
http://www.solarprint.ie/features_and_benefits/dssc_explained/
One source lists DSC competitors as follows (inluding SolarPrint):
http://www.enotes.com/topic/Graetzel_cell
"Several commercial providers are promising availability of DSCs in the near future[24]:
SolarPrint founded in 2008 by Dr. Mazhar Bari, Andre Fernon and Roy Horgan. SolarPrint is the first Ireland-based commercial entity involved in the manufacturing of PV technology. SolarPrint's innovation is the solution to the solvent based electrolyte which to date has prohibited the mass commercialisation of DSSC.
G24innovations, founded in 2006, based in Cardiff, South Wales, UK. On October 17, 2007, claimed the production of the first commercial grade dye sensitised thin films.[25][26]
Hydrogen Solar is another company making dye-sensitized cells.[27]
Dyesol officially opened its new manufacturing facilities in Queanbeyan on the 7th of October 2008
Konarka, announced in 2002 that they were granted licensee rights to dye-sensitized solar cell technology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL).
Aisin Seiki has worked with Toyota Central R&D Labs to develop dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) for applications in cars and homes.[28]
Sony Corporation has developed dye-sensitized solar cells with an energy conversion efficiency of 10%, a level seen as necessary for commercial use.[29]"
They are also listed on the wiki DSSC page as is Dyesol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sensitized_solar_cell
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