How much of the $50 m funding may go the way of dyesol??
Probably not much as Dyesol and CSIRO have just been given a couple of million bucks
Oxford Photovoltaics
Existing organic cells typically use a liquid dye that acts like chlorophyll, releasing electrons that are carried by a conductive, corrosive electrolyte solution to an external circuit. Oxford PV;s version uses a solid metal oxide electrode soaked in the organic dye, which means the cells can be screen printed onto a substrate.
One of the great advantages is that we can process it very easily, inventor and chief scientific officer Dr Henry Snaith told The Engineer. You dont have to worry about sealing and encapsulation, which is an issue for the electrolyte dye cell.
Screen printing allows the cells to be easily sealed and protected against the environment, while using solid materials rather than corrosive liquid should increase the life of the technology.
One of the issues with organic cells has been that they have very low life expectancy two or three years ; and to get into the building integrated sector we need expectancies of 20 years or more, said chief executive Kevin Arthur.
The process tints the glass depending on the dye colour, with green preferred for its high efficiency in producing electricity and because human eyes are more sensitive to green light than many other colours, although red and purple also work well.
It is a variation on DSC (Dyesol) and they will still have to pay EPFL and one of the remaining PIONEER LICENCEES licencing fees.
150,00 pounds is Chicken Sh*t at this stage of the game
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