Tuesday, July 7, 2009

A new generation of solar cells, such as soft cloth

A new generation of solar cells, such as soft cloth


Solar plastic sheeting

Can be made into clothing

Directly into a tent

Directly into a tent

Travel time for mobile phone charging trouble and laptop battery troubles, one way to find the power, and the other is charging on the road need to stay a certain time, travel delays. Now, this problem can be solved, as scientists develop a new generation of solar cells can be recharged while walking, not only can charge mobile phones, but also to the notebook, PDA and DVD player and even charge the ibm battery. Moreover, such a high-tech solar cells is also more than one.

Optical fiber can be directly done solar tents of plastic sheeting

Haig by Nobel Prize winner Alan (Alan Heeger) created a new solar company Konarka and Swiss research institutions are working together to develop a plastic sheeting to collect solar energy. Co-operative research projects of the overall goal is to develop within one year based on photovoltaic solar energy functional fiber plastic sheeting, plastic sheeting can be used to produce such a light inside the tent or be able to charge the phone pants, backpacks, tents and coverage objects.

Joint development of Konarka new material --- Optical fiber and quantum dots can capture all of the visible and invisible light, the conversion of light energy into electrical energy, greatly improving the utilization of solar energy. Evident's quantum dot is a patented high-performance semiconductor nano-transistor, can absorb visible and near infrared light, combined with Konarka's conductive polymeric materials to form a high-power solar cells, with the photovoltaic properties, and low cost.

It is learned that this plastic sheeting for the energy efficiency of 4%, that is, exposure to the plastic sheeting 4% of the sun's surface can be converted into electrical energy. While those at the top of the building in a city hard to receive the silicon solar panels to collect solar energy more efficient, but they are not practical for many devices. And the development of Konarka's flexible solar plastic sheeting to cover even the clothes in the building above the collection of solar jackets.

Star-shaped solar cells could be attached to the clothes

Recently, Gifu University, Japan, invented a kind of star-shaped solar cells could be attached to the clothes, the clothes can travel with mobile phone charging. According to "Japanese Economic News" recently reported that the thickness of solar cells is 0.4 mm, an area of 4 square centimeters, the power of 5 mW, the shape of five-pointed star. In the production of clothes can be a number of such solar cells arranged in accordance with certain rules, attached to the clothes, and then use a dedicated line connection, clothing can charge a cell phone.

Japanese researchers studying the solar cells are still attached to the umbrella of the new technology, in order to charge other small electronic devices.

Flexible solar cells can be rolled away

A few days ago, "New Scientist" reported that the European scientists invented a light texture and flexible solar cells, can be rolled up, carried out on the rear windows of motor vehicles, the children will be able to charge the DVD can also be slit in cloth, or at the surface, and even daily phone 08k8214 battery, 92p1011 battery, 92p1060 battery than the previous glass solar panel is much more useful.

The solar cell is a group called the "H-Alpha Solar" the product of the European Union research project, referred to as "H-AS cells", is expected to be listed after three years. Moreover, the new cheap solar panels, a slit in the back of the soft jacket value of solar panels for less than 10 pounds (19.35 U.S. dollars), but they can go out walking in the summer for a cell phone charger. At the same time, it can be mass-produced, and in accordance with the demand for cutting, a comprehensive review in clothes, fabrics, furniture and even the entire roof.

These solar panels solar panels and the traditional structure of a similar, but it is more than 1 mm thick forms of silicon in high temperature and high pressure made. Form of silicon multi-crystalline silicon with the same hardware, but the form of silicon thin, soft and good. The solar panels are now more than the thickness of 4-10 mm in between.

Producing H-AS solar panels, the temperature to reach over 200 ℃, melting plastic photosensitive layer directly on the photographic plate to form the plastic film, and not so sensitive in the middle mezzanine. Wait until the plastic cooled, aluminum can be removed, and then. Then, one side covered in its protective plastic layer, it becomes the solar panels can be rolled up.

However, the best energy efficiency of solar cells up to 20%, while the H-AS cells, only about 7%. The researchers hope to achieve 10% energy efficiency.

Experiments show peep show unmask paste discharge does not discharge

Currently plaguing the industry, the development of battery technology is lagging seriously behind the development of notebook technology, which was the author "as a notebook battery bottleneck" to alert the industry; but it was like to take this "opportunity" to fish in troubled waters. For example, there is such a Batterylife's Activator (battery discharge paste) products that can not be released to the battery to 30% of electricity use.

Open the paper, in fact, is a black sticker, it is learned that the battery can be activated not be used often to be part of re-use, allowing the battery to continue working. As long as it is attached to the cell play a role immediately behind.

For most people, this so-called battery discharge back to buy after the paste, to a certain degree of psychological hint, they will really think that battery life was extended, and not to seriously pursue. However, as "water oil" as a lie, liar encounter people who are most afraid. It is really an experiment was done, the results of experiments to prove the battery does not seem to be able to discharge paste to the release of the remaining battery capacity by 30%.

Science and Technology Institute of China, "the elimination of" waste battery

March 29, Anshan University of Science and Technology to promote the use of students is no longer a one-time ordinary batteries, used batteries to control the pollution of the environment and strive to create China's first "no-battery junk campus."

Anshan University of Science and Technology to support the creation of "no-battery junk campus," Application of Environmental Science and Technology Anshan Anshan University of Science and Technology Association, the campus provides a 10 dollar 92p1061 battery, 92p1071 battery automatic teller machines, to provide services 24 hours a day. It is understood, Anshan University of Science and Technology students, after paying the deposit may be paid to the association of cells and membership cards, then, we can take no battery exchange the rechargeable battery fully charged, the battery can be returned to the Association to recover the full deposit. Anshan City, Environmental Science and Technology Association, will be regularly applied in the radio ATM cell processing carried out.