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June 28, Oregon State University engineers have found a way first: the successful use of inkjet printing technology to produce a CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) thin-film solar batteries, a new method to reduce raw material waste by 90% and through the use of the rich potential of compounds, significantly reduces the manufacturing costs of solar batteries. Experts said that with the technology, scientists can ultimately produce excellent performance, can be rapid manufacturing, low cost thin-film solar electronics.

The study published in the professional journal “Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells”, the scientists have also applied for a patent for this technology. Although developed the solar battery conversion rate of 5%, of taking a step forward needs to be improved, but scientists believe the research will eventually lead to a new generation of solar technology.

The latest study, scientists create an ink jet method to use, can chalcopyrite printed on the base, about 5% energy conversion efficiency. Scientists say that in theory, they can get 12% conversion efficiency, so you can create a commercial production of solar cells.

Scientists also and Greg Herman, associate professor of Chemical Engineering school to study other inkjet technology can be applied to the compounds, the cost even lower.

Many ways to make solar cells are either very time-consuming or require expensive vacuum equipment or toxic compounds. Oregon State University scientists are working to eliminate these obstacles and developed a cheaper, more environmentally friendly solar technology. They said that the latest technology may be hatching a lot of new businesses, providing a large number of jobs. If you can continue to lower manufacturing costs, other barriers were 11 break, one day, it can even be directly integrated into the manufacturing of roofing materials in solar cells, solar cells so that the real “flying into the homes of ordinary people.”

Zhang Zhihong, concluded: “Overall, we have developed a simple, quick, direct, solution-based deposition process to manufacture high-quality CIGS solar cell approach, by controlling the low-cost metal salt precursor compound at the molecular level structure , can easily access to safe, simple, stable ink in the air.

June 20, is located in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone, Chengdu, animal husbandry, just Biotechnology Co., Ltd. held a high-performance low-cost, no hydrofluoric acid, lithium hexafluorophosphate fabricated project launch ceremony.

Lithium hexafluorophosphate is the production of lithium-ion batteries required for the electrolyte, the world’s lithium hexafluorophosphate’s largest producer, Japan, China battery manufacturers need lithium hexafluorophosphate most imported from Japan, high prices, lithium hexafluorophosphate synthesis has become a constraint lithium-ion battery industry to develop healthily.

In early May of this year, Chengdu, animal husbandry, low-cost, no hydrofluoric acid just finished fabricated lithium hexafluorophosphate laboratory stage of the study; May 13, fabricated by low-cost no hydrofluoric acid and lithium hexafluorophosphate industry key technology research projects open questions, the company began Preparation of low-cost, no hydrofluoric acid process of lithium hexafluorophosphate in pre-production preparations. Previously, the company in the long-term technology research and exploration in the establishment of statistical thermodynamics of non-independent-particle system new method, and multi-solvent extraction method, solvent crystallization temperature back, colloidal crystallization temperature aging and four polar sieve filtration process to achieve new breakthroughs, the realization of organic, inorganic separation and purification of the new technological revolution.

According to reports, animal husbandry, just biotech companies will jointly Florida Iron and Steel Group, several companies jointly established lithium hexafluorophosphate industry a new company, planning the next three years, the formation of 3,000 tons of lithium hexafluorophosphate capacity, a project at the end of the year into 500 tons of production line as soon as possible occupation of the domestic market. It is reported that the company has fabricated low-cost, no hydrofluoric acid and lithium hexafluorophosphate industrialization of key technologies for the 2012 national “863 Plan” prepared to make the relevant applications for the project.

In safety equipment, health care spending with small small portable solar panel appearing in front of today will become the help of advanced battery charging IC from a new source of value and 27.16 million more STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM ), a global leader in customer service applications in the frequency spectrum of electronic products. The new IC will greatly enhance the efficiency of the charge indoors or outdoors, use the sun’s radiant energy, thereby extending the operating time of mobile devices and to avoid unexpected power shortage, power connection is not available.

ST’s SPV1040 is a step-up DC-DC converters for portable battery charger, solar cell using the maximum power point tracking (MPPT), from an innovative solar energy technology to collect the maximum possible. It can be connected to the band or even just some of the cells, allowing the use of products such as portable medical equipment, watches, calculators, wireless headsets, toys, or mobile phone. Charger, when the MPPT technology can also be used in safety devices such as sensors and cameras.

The MPPT algorithm dynamically adjusts the charger in SPV1040 embedded input impedance to ensure a perfect match for solar cells, thereby maximizing energy transfer to the battery to substantially increase the overall efficiency of the system. If there is no maximum power tracking, lead to temperature, aging, dust, or unit-to-unit variation of the solar cells can produce change do not match, greatly reducing energy harvest …

Main features of SPV1040:
1, input voltage range: 0.3V to 5.5V
2, integrated, low power loss, synchronous rectification and switching
3, up to 95% efficiency
4, the shutdown pin to help the system-level power management
5, thermal shutdown, battery protection circuit to improve safety and overall system
More environment-friendly research on the human planet, is a very big step to change.

Recently, Toshiba’s new mobile 19-inch TV, “Peak Shift” button can be realized between the battery and AC power conversion price of 50,000 yen, with extra batteries need to add 7000 yen.

According to reports, this mobile Toshiba TV with LED backlight panel with a resolution of 1366×768, the real contrast ratio of 1000:1, wireless connectivity, support for families DNAL network sharing features built-in a battery, available separately 5 hours of continuous video playback provide HDMI, digital interface, audio and video interface, headphone jack and USB interface.

June 13, according to Japanese media reports, the Japanese solar power company Solar Frontier 10 said Sunday announced the country will be rich in cho Miyazaki construction of a solar battery manufacturing plant, expected to begin operations in July, which will become the company’s Palace Miyazaki Prefecture building third plant.

Reportedly, the plant covers an area of ​​about 40 million square meters, the equivalent of “Tokyo Dome” stadium of about 8.6 times. The actual floor area of ​​approximately 158,000 square meters, produces about 900 megawatts of cells annually, will become the world’s largest solar battery manufacturing plant.

It is understood that national wealth factories have started from the February 2011 batch operation, about 800 employees engaged in the production of CIS thin film solar batteries. Then, except Japan, the plant also plans to set up production bases in the virtues of the two countries, the solar battery exported worldwide.

In nuclear power is people to re-examine the today, the use of solar energy has been valued, our side have all kinds of depend on solar energy of electronic products, but driven solar notebook no precedent. Let’s have a look the industrial designer Andrea Ponti bring solar battery notebook concept design picture.

Andrea Ponti will of the Solar energy for Solar Panel notebook named all our PC, and the design won the nomination of design contest 2011 Fujitsu, only and not too clear whether the design will be Fujitsu into physical products.

In the concept design, we can see stylist will put solar battery on the two place, A place behind the screen is A face also is shell, another in B above the surface below, touchpad keyboard so the approach can ensure that laptop for most of the time can accept to sunlight.

But in fact the solar energy notebook bigger challenges should not power supply problems in the sun but direct screen reflective problem, consider this problem is not only a enterprise, last year when the apple once registered a patent use external light screen device, like is also for the future of the similar product lay the foundation.

According to the Korea Research Institute of Atomic Force and Korea Institute of Energy Research report, the joint study by the successful development of fuel cells can improve the energy efficiency of new materials.
   
The research results are two: one for solid oxide fuel cell can operating at low temperatures, “nano-carbon thin film of silver powder catalysts”; the other is not only significantly reduce the methanol fuel cell (DMFC ) Volume, but also improve the energy efficiency of the “electronic fuel irradiated polymer films. ”

According to reports, carbon films can be replaced with silver nano powder made ​​of precious metal catalyst, in SOFC’s high temperature 650 degrees Celsius to 400 – / – maximum effectiveness; polymer irradiated methanol fuel filter and electrons can only Hydrogen ions through the characteristics of small size can be made energy efficient DMFC battery.

June 3,he Chinese University of Hong Kong, spent more than two years, the use of less expensive than traditional crystalline silicon battery and less than half “of copper indium gallium selenide” materials, the system successfully developed a new generation of high power thin film solar battery. One is only three microns thick, palm-sized thin film solar battery for three hours in the sun as a cell phone can be fully charged.

According to Hong Kong media reports, the current world market of solar cells, nine as crystalline silicon cells. Department of Physics, Hong Kong, Chinese University research team led by Professor Xiao Xudong, since 2009, seized the CUHK and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-funded 800 million, less expensive and lighter material from “CIGS” thin-film solar cell materials to study, successful developed the highest photoelectric conversion efficiency of 17% electricity rate system for the Asia-Pacific region the highest thin-film solar cells, the ratio is closer to the world’s highest rate of 20.3% of the electricity system.

Xiao Xudong said, using the “CIGS” thin-film solar battery materials, only three microns thick, thinner than the crystalline silicon cells 50 times. In terms of production cost, thin film crystalline silicon solar cell battery saving than half of the production costs. Xiao Xudong said that the international market is widely expected in the next 20 years, the market share of thin film solar cells from 10% to 35%.

As the new material is soft and thin film solar battery portable, Xiao Xudong, said thin film solar cells can be attached to any item covered in the back of the smooth or uneven, such as backpacks, handbags, tents, umbrellas and other personal items, anytime, anywhere electronic charge. “If mobile phones attached to the back, the sun and a full three hours is sufficient electrical capacity to 500 mA for the general mobile phone or digital camera.”

Xiao Xudong, said companies are already interested in this technique revealed an estimated one and a half after the fastest growing energy market.