Flexible solar cells
AntronX
Solar Expert Posts: 462 ✭✭
I want to cover the roof of my car with solar cells to power air blower fan to keep inside cabin cool and for possibly other uses too. The usable area is about 1.5 square meters. The surface is painted black and gets up to 180 degrees F in the summer. So far l looked at thin film, but I want something with better efficiency. Is there a solar cell out there that has similar efficiency of polycrystalline stuff, but flexible enough to follow the curvature of my car's roof?
Comments
-
Re: Flexible solar cells
Try a google search for: flexible CIGS
This looks promising: http://www.ascentsolar.com/technology/
Categories
- All Categories
- 222 Forum & Website
- 130 Solar Forum News and Announcements
- 1.3K Solar News, Reviews, & Product Announcements
- 191 Solar Information links & sources, event announcements
- 887 Solar Product Reviews & Opinions
- 254 Solar Skeptics, Hype, & Scams Corner
- 22.3K Solar Electric Power, Wind Power & Balance of System
- 3.5K General Solar Power Topics
- 6.7K Solar Beginners Corner
- 1K PV Installers Forum - NEC, Wiring, Installation
- 2K Advanced Solar Electric Technical Forum
- 5.5K Off Grid Solar & Battery Systems
- 425 Caravan, Recreational Vehicle, and Marine Power Systems
- 1.1K Grid Tie and Grid Interactive Systems
- 651 Solar Water Pumping
- 815 Wind Power Generation
- 622 Energy Use & Conservation
- 608 Discussion Forums/Café
- 302 In the Weeds--Member's Choice
- 74 Construction
- 124 New Battery Technologies
- 108 Old Battery Tech Discussions
- 3.8K Solar News - Automatic Feed
- 3.8K Solar Energy News RSS Feed