NANOSOLAR POWERSHEET

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A Presentation ByAlan Clay

Why It’s Cool It’s Better, Faster, and

Cheaper than conventional solar panels.

Better More versatile and durable than

conventional solar panels Can be placed in many more places under

more conditions.

Faster Printed like a newspaper instead of

assembled Less time to install

Cheaper Costs less to manufacture and only

$0.30/watt to produce electricity, versus $3/watt for conventional solar panels, and $1/watt for coal.

Maintenance and installation costs are lower as well.

How It’s Made The sheet is made of 5 layers in

3 easy steps An aluminum foil is pressed out

for the bottom layer A thin layer of the element

molybdenum is printed onto this foil layer

Another press is used to cover it with 3 more layers consisting of a semiconducting ink, a P/N junction layer, and a zinc oxide electrode conducting layer.

How It Works Light passes to the

middle semiconducting ink layer, which breaks up the electrons.

The molybdenum on the fourth layer acts as an electrode, and as the end of the circuit.

The second layer is a P/N junction, which conducts the electrons through to the top layer.

The top layer conducts the electrons and work as the beginning of the circuit.

Uses

Can be placed nearly anywhereRooftops, Cars, Laptops, Cell Phones, etc.

Help develop 2nd and 3rd world countries

It’s cheap, durable, and soon will be a plentiful source of electricity

                                                               

References Moyer, Michael. “The New Dawn of Solar”. Popular

Science. Dec 2007: pg101-103. Mahony, John. “Innovation of the Year Nanosolar…”.

PopSci.com. Dec 18 2007. <http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2007

-12/innovation-year-winner-nanosolar-ships-its-first-low-cost- solar-panels>

nanosolar. 2008. <http://www.nanosolar.com/>