Comments on: Researchers Make Breakthrough in Transparent Spray-On Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Dixon http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-8512 Mark Dixon Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:47:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-8512 Do you think the folks at Solar Roadways could use this stuff to spray on the underside of glass that they use to pave roads? This could revolutionize their design. We visited Scott, who developed the solar road idea and received a grant to develop a prototype. I wonder what he thinks about the spray on solar collection options... Here's a video about Solar Roadways that summarizes the technology: http://bit.ly/6nEhGe Do you think the folks at Solar Roadways could use this stuff to spray on the underside of glass that they use to pave roads? This could revolutionize their design.

We visited Scott, who developed the solar road idea and received a grant to develop a prototype. I wonder what he thinks about the spray on solar collection options…

Here’s a video about Solar Roadways that summarizes the technology: http://bit.ly/6nEhGe

]]> By: Mark Dixon http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-25814 Mark Dixon Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:47:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-25814 Do you think the folks at Solar Roadways could use this stuff to spray on the underside of glass that they use to pave roads? This could revolutionize their design. We visited Scott, who developed the solar road idea and received a grant to develop a prototype. I wonder what he thinks about the spray on solar collection options... Here's a video about Solar Roadways that summarizes the technology: http://bit.ly/6nEhGe Do you think the folks at Solar Roadways could use this stuff to spray on the underside of glass that they use to pave roads? This could revolutionize their design.

We visited Scott, who developed the solar road idea and received a grant to develop a prototype. I wonder what he thinks about the spray on solar collection options…

Here’s a video about Solar Roadways that summarizes the technology: http://bit.ly/6nEhGe

]]> By: Ty http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-8511 Ty Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:07:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-8511 Wow cool! To bad there isn't a way for this to work on any surface. Or how could this be used with the new growing industry of hybrids using electricity and new battery technology? Glass covered roofs on cars? Wow cool! To bad there isn’t a way for this to work on any surface. Or how could this be used with the new growing industry of hybrids using electricity and new battery technology? Glass covered roofs on cars?

]]> By: Ty http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-25813 Ty Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-25813 Wow cool! To bad there isn't a way for this to work on any surface. Or how could this be used with the new growing industry of hybrids using electricity and new battery technology? Glass covered roofs on cars? Wow cool! To bad there isn’t a way for this to work on any surface. Or how could this be used with the new growing industry of hybrids using electricity and new battery technology? Glass covered roofs on cars?

]]> By: Brian N http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-8510 Brian N Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:12:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-8510 The solar pv research comes from University of South Florida - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2998825 and they don't say the efficiency because its too early. The prototype is 2.2cm^2 area. Anything in the lab is years away from delivery. The SEC filings gives much details about their investments, subsidiaries etc. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071840/000146780910000006/nene_10-q113009asfiled.htm#page_20 The solar pv research comes from University of South Florida – http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2998825

and they don’t say the efficiency because its too early. The prototype is 2.2cm^2 area.

Anything in the lab is years away from delivery.

The SEC filings gives much details about their investments, subsidiaries etc.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071840/000146780910000006/nene_10-q113009asfiled.htm#page_20

]]> By: Brian N http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-25812 Brian N Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-25812 The solar pv research comes from University of South Florida - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2998825 and they don't say the efficiency because its too early. The prototype is 2.2cm^2 area. Anything in the lab is years away from delivery. The SEC filings gives much details about their investments, subsidiaries etc. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071840/000146780910000006/nene_10-q113009asfiled.htm#page_20 The solar pv research comes from University of South Florida – http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2998825

and they don’t say the efficiency because its too early. The prototype is 2.2cm^2 area.

Anything in the lab is years away from delivery.

The SEC filings gives much details about their investments, subsidiaries etc.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071840/000146780910000006/nene_10-q113009asfiled.htm#page_20

]]> By: Adam Abel http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-8509 Adam Abel Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:04:07 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-8509 Brian N awesome information. You actually posted more then the article did. Whoever wrote this article you could learn something from Brian N and do some research before you publish articles like this. If its true this would a insane break through but this sounds way to fair fetched to work. Brian N awesome information. You actually posted more then the article did. Whoever wrote this article you could learn something from Brian N and do some research before you publish articles like this. If its true this would a insane break through but this sounds way to fair fetched to work.

]]> By: Adam Abel http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-25811 Adam Abel Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-25811 Brian N awesome information. You actually posted more then the article did. Whoever wrote this article you could learn something from Brian N and do some research before you publish articles like this. If its true this would a insane break through but this sounds way to fair fetched to work. Brian N awesome information. You actually posted more then the article did. Whoever wrote this article you could learn something from Brian N and do some research before you publish articles like this. If its true this would a insane break through but this sounds way to fair fetched to work.

]]> By: Alex http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-8508 Alex Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:04:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-8508 I think Brian N has hit the nail on the head with this one. You can make a working solar cell out of a powdered jelly donut and bottle of vodka (I am not kidding). Issues like efficiency, cost and viability are not trivial matters here, and none of these things are addressed. PV window coatings however, are not a zero sum game. The efficiency of direct gain solar heating is incredibly low. Even low efficiency panels powering low efficiency heaters would dominate a high end direct gain window. One square meter of sunlight has 1kW of energy, so bear in mind that a cheap, durable 1% efficient solar cell would find a lot of applications in a short amount of time. I think Brian N has hit the nail on the head with this one. You can make a working solar cell out of a powdered jelly donut and bottle of vodka (I am not kidding). Issues like efficiency, cost and viability are not trivial matters here, and none of these things are addressed.

PV window coatings however, are not a zero sum game. The efficiency of direct gain solar heating is incredibly low. Even low efficiency panels powering low efficiency heaters would dominate a high end direct gain window.

One square meter of sunlight has 1kW of energy, so bear in mind that a cheap, durable 1% efficient solar cell would find a lot of applications in a short amount of time.

]]> By: Alex http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/13/researchers-make-breakthrough-in-transparent-spray-on-solar/#comment-25810 Alex Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4444#comment-25810 I think Brian N has hit the nail on the head with this one. You can make a working solar cell out of a powdered jelly donut and bottle of vodka (I am not kidding). Issues like efficiency, cost and viability are not trivial matters here, and none of these things are addressed. PV window coatings however, are not a zero sum game. The efficiency of direct gain solar heating is incredibly low. Even low efficiency panels powering low efficiency heaters would dominate a high end direct gain window. One square meter of sunlight has 1kW of energy, so bear in mind that a cheap, durable 1% efficient solar cell would find a lot of applications in a short amount of time. I think Brian N has hit the nail on the head with this one. You can make a working solar cell out of a powdered jelly donut and bottle of vodka (I am not kidding). Issues like efficiency, cost and viability are not trivial matters here, and none of these things are addressed.

PV window coatings however, are not a zero sum game. The efficiency of direct gain solar heating is incredibly low. Even low efficiency panels powering low efficiency heaters would dominate a high end direct gain window.

One square meter of sunlight has 1kW of energy, so bear in mind that a cheap, durable 1% efficient solar cell would find a lot of applications in a short amount of time.

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