Using a Pizza Oven to Create Solar Cells

Posted by Adam Kuban, August 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM

Though the process is still a long way from becoming mass-marketable, Australian PhD student Nicole Kuepper has come up with a way that may bring cheap solar cells to developing countries.

Ms. Kuepper developed and patented the iJET solar cell which can be made cheaply at low temperatures using items such as an inkjet printer, nail polish and a pizza oven.
The University of NSW student and lecturer hopes it will lead to green energy in developing nations, providing electricity to the world's two billion poorest people.

[via Treehugger]

5 Comments

Tags: pizza ovens, Technology

5 Comments:

So are they making these things at Covo? When can we expect to hear how the pizza is at that place?

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

pauliegee at 9:42AM on 08/25/08

Yeah but how does it taste?

ESNY1077 at 9:54AM on 08/25/08

@Paulie: Ed Levine has had the pizza there, and Robyn Lee has taken photos. I've been on them about a review. You wanna pull those teeth for me?

Adam Kuban at 9:58AM on 08/25/08

I'm sure I'd have far less success with that dental extraction than you. Thanks and good luck.

Paulie Gee

pauliegee at 11:24AM on 08/25/08

Fingernail polish in my oven? no...but thanks for asking

DeaconVolker at 2:37PM on 08/25/08

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