*Sun peering over altipodean horizon – and I've got wireless, so I can read
Blaine Brownell proselytizing Konarka Power Plastic. Man, I love that Brownell guy –
I don't care if Konarka Power-Plastic turns out as vaporware as burnt Saran-Wrap, the very idea that there *might be* some flexy green power-plastic around someday is enough to get me all antsy.
*Maybe I shouldn't have downed all that jetlag coffee first thing in the "morning."
From: [email protected]
Subject: product of the week: power plastic
Date: February 16, 2009 4:05:02 PM EST
Konarka’s Power Plastic converts light to energy, and can be integrated into any device, system, or structure that is exposed to light. Power Plastic is based on organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology and is extremely lightweight and flexible. OPVs are thin films comprised of multiple nanostructured layers of semiconducting organic materials and are predicted to revolutionize the solar energy industry because they can be fabricated using low-cost, mass-production-solution-based processes such as ink-jet or screen printing.
Power Plastic utilizes a wider range of the light spectrum than conventional solar cells and allows all visible light sources to be used to generate power. The film easily conforms to a variety of product-design applications and may be customized with various colors and shapes.
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This product appears with enhanced information in the book Transmaterial 2.
Transmaterial by Blaine Brownell | published by Princeton Architectural Press | design by Paul Wagner | editing by Linda Lee
Transstudio. 740 Mississippi River Blvd, St Paul, MN 55116 United States
*Aw c'mon just LOOK at it! How could that stuff not be the bright-green solution to our every civilizational problem?
