Solar Ink Being Developed by Innovalight

Very interesting post, thanks!

Nice story very interesting...
I read your site every day, thank for the good stories.

I digg :)

http://digg.com/technology/Solar_Ink_Being_Developed_by_Inovalight

Yea you misspelled "Inovalight"
It's spelled "Innovalight"

Thanks again WallaceD....

Thanks, I'll fix the spelling.

This is much like e-ink, which can also be printed on to flexible surfaces

interesting concept!!
use it on all bilboards and building pain and any other surface.

I am the Senior Device Engineer for Innovalight (my qualification statement). What we have can be called a 'quantum dot' in the true sense of the the individual particle. What we really have is silicon nano particles that can be printed like your home or office printer that we turn into photovoltaic cells (solar cells). This is a tremendously cheaper technology than your standard wafer based solar cell. Yes, we are trying to save the planet in our own way mate :)~! We are talking reducing the cost to purchase a module by 1/3+ which already beats any other technology. When I was contacted by Innovalight I was doing research into obtaining the holy grail of photovoltaic energy production, less than a dollar per watt to purchase, less than a dollar per watt of energy output. We (my former research group in Australia) had achieved this milestone yet had a hard time getting financial backing due to political situations. Yet I was blown away by the potential of this technology! I dropped my research, finished my PhD a year ahead of schedule, gave up teaching at the university level with 3 months of vacation a year and jumped on board as I can see the future; 3 times less cost per watt from what I was researching, and my former research was way ahead of the curve I tell you!!! Yes, we are idealistic, yet realistic. We, Innovalight, are on the path to do our little part to save the world and help everyone to purchase solar modules on the cheap! We have several of the biggest investors there are backing us and on our board of directors with many more trying to get a piece of the pie. We will do our part to mediate what damage we have done to this planet since the industrial revolution. This is what I have dedicated my life and mind towards although all things must be done in moderation :). I must acknowledge my colleagues at Innovalight for their dedication. intelligence and innovativeness as we, as a team will give this to you all.

Mason L. Terry, PhD
Senior Device Engineer
Innovalight

ps - yes, we do keep track of the worlds pulse and thoughts. Let me know what you think to better serve your needs.

Being from Australia I say," GO you good thing!"

The Poison Gnome is history. We cannot afford to support a Nuclear Industry in good conscience, so your technology should be very well received down under once Johnny gets kicked in the head at the next elextion by Kung Fu Kevin Rudd.

Go Innovalight: I will definately be getting your name out, especially to my smart ass friends who say that we don't have a choice.

Best of Luck!

I represent millions of other Americans that hear alot about solor energy, and different methods of capturing energy produced by the sun. But what we dont her about it is how to use this information into pratical applications for the common american. I see in the previouse posts about how it will lower the costs of producing by 33% , that is impressive. If only a company would put all this into simpler terms and make this understandable and achievable for the average American. I for one would purchase full solar lay-out to power my home if a revolutionary company such as Innovalight , would show "us" the way.

Thin film, and now 'liquid film' are the way solar will go mainstream. In five years we will look at the clunky, heavy, ugly- silicon 'block' panels- and wonder what we were thinking in the first place.

If you have watched the movie Wall Street- you remember Michael Douglas walking around with the old Motorola brick phone. I remember when they came out I thought it was incredible - now its laughable. I bought a Panasonic phone that is the smallest mass production phone and its half the size of a cigarette pack. Solar will go the same way.

I applaud Innovalight for using intelligent design. If we are to solve this problem we must be as progressive with solar technology as we were with computing technology.

One last thing- it has been estimated that if we were to place solar panels in a space no larger than 1000 square miles we could generate enough power for the entire country- the question remains, why are we not doing this? We have huge swaths of land that are essentially worthless for any other purpose in Ca/NV/AZ/NM- our green energy is here- we need to exploit it. I suppose that Congress is dealing with more important problems like tracking down baseball players using steroids, and even more crucial items like renaming streets and post offices :)

Hey come and do my house and garage for a practical aplication. also give me a job working with this great idea.

With the life expectancy of PV going as many as 20 years, and the harsh UV rays. How long do you think you will get out of something that won’t last more than a year before it dries out?