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6:30pm Monday 2 September Dr Scott Watkins CSIRO - printing Australia's largest solar cells
Dr Scott Watkins, Stream Leader, Organic Photovoltaics, Materials Science and Engineering at CSIRO, is developing next generation organic solar cells. He will talk about the new manufacturing facility in Melbourne printing solar cells at the size of an A3 sheet of paper, which are one of the largest in the world.
Time: 6:30 - 8pm Monday 2 September 2013 *
Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2)
McCoy Building
University of Melbourne
Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets, Carlton
*Please note change of date. The August discussion group has been cancelled to make way for the BZE ZCA Buildings Plan launch.
Entry: Gold coin donation
Thank you to the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Energy Institute, our Zero Carbon Australia project partners for supporting us in bringing you this event.
The Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) has developed processes that use spray coating, reverse gravure and slot-dye coating as well as screen printing, and the technology that has gone from producing solar cells the size of a fingernail to 10cm square in three years. Dr Watkins says the new $200,000 printer has allowed the VICOSC team to jump to producing solar cells on sheets 30cm wide - right here in Melbourne!
The flexible, organic PV cells have applications in consumer devices and small integrated electronics, and into the future, they could be coated onto buildings, into windows and on roofs. Dr Watkins will join us to explain organic PV technology and how the printing process works.
Further reading;
On a roll: CSIRO printing Australia’s largest solar cells
CTRL+P: Printing Australia’s largest solar cells
VICOSC consortium