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A printable, flexible, organic solar cell

Hannah Bürckstümmer · TED

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Unlike the solar cells you're used to seeing, organic photovoltaics are made of compounds that are dissolved in ink and can be printed and molded using simple techniques. The result is a low-weight, flexible, semi-transparent film that turns the energy of the sun into electricity. Hannah Bürckstümmer shows us how they're made -- and how they could change the way we power the world.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Speaker
Hannah Bürckstümmer
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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