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Scientists use roll-to-roll printing to mass-produce durable solar cells at record speed

According to Hübler, kilometer-long solar films could be easily unrolled across fields to provide shade and generate power, and then removed when no longer needed. “For this to work in practice, ...
Time

Hit “Print” for Solar Panels

Dimitar Dilkoff—AFP/Getty ImagesDenmark's Christoffer Faarup takes part in a Men's Alpine Skiing Downhill training session at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on Feb. 8, 2014 Ah, solar panels: so clean, ...
NPR

New Solar Cell Easy As Pizza To Make

The iJET is a new type of solar cell that's cheap and easy to make, requiring not much more than a pizza oven, some nail polish remover, and a common inkjet printer. Australian scientist Nicole ...