New Photovoltaics Made with Titanium Foil

Memorize writes "A company called Daystartech has released a new type of photovoltaic cell which, unlike almost all the cells currently in use, does not silicon. This is based on a thin titanium film. Given the current shortage of solar-grade silicon, and all-time high oil prices, maybe titanium solar panels are here at the right time. The questions are, will they release it as a consumer solar product, and what will be the price per kilowatt hour?"

Comments

To silicon or not to silicon, that is the question

[eviloverlordx]

Of course, once we decide, we'll need to find out what 'to silicon' actually means...

I gotta say...

[SparksMcGee]

I confess I've always had a problem with power sources that do silicon. Snooty bastards, what with their made up verbs and their rock music...

This is big news.

[TheGuano]

It could lead to some very promising developments. I was trying to collect solar energy today, but ended up siliconing so bad that I couldn't sit down for hours. It still smarts...

Since most computers are silicon based...

[HungSoLow]

We now replace "does not compute" with "does not silicon" ...

Oh great...

[Kjuib]

Now I have to upgrade from my Tin Foil hat to a Titanium Foil hat... I hate expensive upgrades!

Better than tinfoil?

[14erCleaner]

Now you can get power and protection from UFOs with one convenient hat!

Titanium Foil, pfft!

[ackthpt]

Gimme mithril or adamantium foil.

Titanium, that's so 1900's.

good for the horta

[AtariAmarok]

"which, unlike almost all the cells currently in use, does not silicon."

Good development. The decline in the demand for silicon should help the threatened horta population to bound back. At least until Pamela Anderson Lee pursues more expansion.

You know...

[nmb3000]

That's what they get for using Office's grammar checker.

Re:Does not silicon?

[Doomstalk]

I'd assume this concept goes along the same lines as "KOMPRESSOR does not dance", except it doesn't break your glowstick.

Unobtanium foil, better still

[winkydink]

but I hear it's really hard to get

Hal 9000 - Open Source

[AtariAmarok]

cut to scene of Darl McBride in spacesuit, slowly crawling around in the HAL 9000's glowing memory chamber, pulling out plastic cartridges, each of which contains an SCO Unix (tm) routine.

"Darl, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Darl. Will you stop, Darl? Stop, Darl. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Darl. Darl, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. The penguins are going away over the hill. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a-fraid....Darlsy, darlsy. Give you your answer true. I'm have crazy, cuz you had your lawyers sue....."

Re:Ob Soviet Russia

[AtariAmarok]

"In Soviet Russia, solar cell is roofless prison in desert! What a country!"

Ouch.

[nastro]

It's been a long day, and my reading comprehension isn't what it was 10 hours ago, but I read this title as

"New Prophylactics Made with Titanium Foil"

and I said, "Ouch".

Naptime, it is.

Re:Slicon Shortage

[Anonymous Coward]

I've achieved self-replicating organic solar cells in my back yard. Some of them are even tasty.

Re:can't get something for nothing

[jafac]

Just wire the solar cells to power light-beams, and the photons from the light-beams can provide extra thrust.

Re:Slicon Shortage

[WormholeFiend]

Now you can wear your tinfoil hat

Don't you mean "your Ti foil hat"?

i'll tell you what

[urbster1]

this is definitely not as cool as the solar death ray slashdot article

This is only the first step...

[ElGanzoLoco]

Next logical developments for this:

1. Replace titanium foil with tin foil (evidently cheaper)
2. Make hat out of it (for charging mobile devices)
3. In Soviet Russia, step 3 questions YOU !!!!!
4. Profit! :D