Flexible Electronics News

OPV Nearing Mass Production

Bags, backpacks, smart textiles, umbrellas, awnings, tents, building facades among potential applications

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Organic photovoltaics (OPV) is an innovative solar cell technology based on conductive plastic materials such as polymers. Such devices are fabricated by ultra low-cost, roll-to-roll printing techniques. They are formed by layering extremely thin, photo-active coatings on lightweight, flexible carrier substrates, which are organic in nature as well. OPV is one of the most dynamic, rapidly developing technology segments pertaining to renewable, or green, energy. Despite the current upheav...

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