The technology in TFA, while a big breakthrough in PV efficiency from patterned nanowires, will not be able to compete on cost with Nanosolar and First Solar.
Nanosolar uses roll-to-roll printing, with the semiconductor spray-printed into place onto the substrate (which is quick and easy).
This new technique requires hours of anodization, a half-hour reaction, and then more time for deposition of the CdTe and top contact. There's simply too much processing of the substrate for it to be economical to the same extent spray-printing is.
This technology may still be promising if it can get very high efficiencies ( >20%) and be used with solar concentrating mirrors.
Everyone I know went to see it... but that's because I'm a 19-year-old, and all my friends use the internet. And in every theater that I heard about, 98% of the people there were between 15 and 25.
I think that as far as internet phenomena go, it was wildly successful... but it only reached the people who are reached by internet phenomena, mostly young men.
And maybe once people learn that it's actually an amazing movie and not just a bad joke, more people will go to see it.
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The technology in TFA, while a big breakthrough in PV efficiency from patterned nanowires, will not be able to compete on cost with Nanosolar and First Solar. Nanosolar uses roll-to-roll printing, with the semiconductor spray-printed into place onto the substrate (which is quick and easy). This new technique requires hours of anodization, a half-hour reaction, and then more time for deposition of the CdTe and top contact. There's simply too much processing of the substrate for it to be economical to the same extent spray-printing is. This technology may still be promising if it can get very high efficiencies ( >20%) and be used with solar concentrating mirrors.
This a major blow to Diebold. They'll have to make the election results public this year.
This is the first time I've heard of technology that's DESIGNED to gather dust. Usually that just happens by accident.
Everyone I know went to see it... but that's because I'm a 19-year-old, and all my friends use the internet. And in every theater that I heard about, 98% of the people there were between 15 and 25. I think that as far as internet phenomena go, it was wildly successful... but it only reached the people who are reached by internet phenomena, mostly young men. And maybe once people learn that it's actually an amazing movie and not just a bad joke, more people will go to see it.