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OPV on Steel: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Solliance Researching Applications for New Generation of Solar Cells

New processes are to be investigated to incorporate OPVs into flat steel products for use in the construction industry

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance (ECN, imec, TNO, Holst Centre, TU/e, Forschungszentrum Jülich) are counting on a highly promising form of power generation: organic photovoltaics (OPV). OPVs are flexible solar cells made of light-active plastics and can be manufactured by cost-effective processes suitable for large-scale production. They may be less efficient than previous rigid solar cells based on silicon, but they offer the potential to be made in large quantities at low cost and w...

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