GSLO Applauds New High-Efficiency ‘Solar Sheet’ Breakthrough
May 19 2011 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
GoSolarUSA took note of a flexible solar sheet, capable of
harvesting more than 90 percent of available sunlight, that an
engineer at the University of Missouri chemical engineering
department is in the process of developing.
Patrick Pinhero, an associate professor in the MU Chemical
Engineering Department, said Monday his research team is developing
a thin, moldable sheet of small antennas called nantenna designed
to harvest industrial waste heat and convert it into usable
electricity. The researchers hope to extend this concept to direct
solar-facing nantenna devices capable of collecting energy broadly
from the near infrared to the optical regions of the solar
spectrum.
Because it’s a flexible film, Pinhero believes these “solar
sheets” could be incorporated into building materials and
infrastructure. According to MU’s press release, prototypes of the
radically new solar technology could be produced within the next
five years.
“This new technology has the potential to be an incredible
breakthrough,” said GSLO President and CEO Tyson Rohde. “A solar
sheet capable of harvesting energy from practically the entire
light spectrum would blow away current solar cells, which only
collect about 20 percent of available light. The possibilities for
their usage in consumer electronics such as the Volt Solar Charger
are very intriguing, indeed.”
The potential uses for nantenna-tech solar sheets don’t end
there, however. Pinhero says his team envisions several commercial
product spin-offs based on the core technology. These include
improved contraband-identifying products for airports and the
military, optical computing, and infrared line-of-sight
telecommunications.
“Our overall goal is to collect and utilize as much solar energy
as is theoretically possible and bring it to the commercial market
in an inexpensive package that is accessible to everyone,” Pinhero
said. “If successful, this product will put us orders of magnitudes
ahead of the current solar energy technologies we have available to
us today.”
GoSolarUSA is dedicated to aggressively acquiring, developing
and marketing promising and potentially profitable technology. The
Volt Solar Charger is a solar-powered battery pack accessory
developed to complement the iPhone, a product of Apple Inc.
(NASDAQ:AAPL), which competes in the global mobile electronics
market against Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) and
Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM).
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technologies in the United States. We believe this not only creates
high-quality jobs in America, but also ensures the quality and
availability of our products. GSLO is endeavoring to advance clean
American solar technology to compete in an energy industry that
includes stalwarts such as First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR). GoSolarUSA
is a US registered and reporting OTCQB market tier company.
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