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Dirt Cheap Dye-Sensitized Solar Passes Benchmark Test

ecotechdaily.com — Dye-sensitized, silicon-free solar cells have passed an important viability test at a Chinese lab. Do innovations like this herald the age of cheap solar power?

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  • chrisbaskind, on 07/01/2008, -1/+6Not as efficient as silicon, but a darn site cheaper.
  • ConversationAge, on 07/01/2008, -1/+7There are different types of solar cells. Innovations like that of dye-sensitized, silicon-free ones may bring cheap solar power.
  • whatsrequired, on 07/01/2008, -0/+611% efficiency doesn't sound great, but hey, I'll take what I can get...
  • burkinaboy, on 07/01/2008, -0/+6Making solar cells a commodity that you can find anywhere will greatly prod folks into using them. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the first widely available/free with your dinner solar panel wasn't the most efficient or technologically advanced.
  • whatsrequired, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5Yep. It's about that up-front money.
  • SteelChicken, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4until they show up on the shelves at walmart, its just wanking
    people dont care about maximum efficiency versus m^2, (unless your NASA), they care about cost / watt


    • chrisbaskind, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2Cost per watt follows basic technology development. Geez.
  • MajorJJH, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3re: blurb - One can only hope so...
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