Natcore Scientists Prove Feasibility of All-Quantum-Dot Tandem Solar Cell
We all knew about the possibility of doubling the power output, but, I didn't expect Natcore to dramatically reduce costs!
Natcore Scientists Prove Feasibility of All-Quantum-Dot Tandem Solar Cell Could Double Power Output, Dramatically Reduce Costs
Natcore must have had the contents of this PR in mind when they stated:
Thin film solar cells have long been regarded as the ultimate future of photovoltaic solar energy technology for one major reason: their lower materials utilization should result in lower manufacturing cost in very high volume production.
and stated:
Natcore is hard at work to demonstrate the desired cell performance at the large scale needed to move into roll-to-roll manufacturing. The company is working on a teaming relationship with a major U.S. film manufacturer to accelerate its progress toward marketing this near term product. Once ready for sale, Natcore's thin film solar cell array technology will cause a paradigm shift in the market by exceeding the DOE-established price levels needed to achieve grid parity for the price of solar generated electricity.
Think of how great it would be for a Natcore licensed manufacturer to produce rolls of flexible thin film tandem material and ship the rolls to any place in the world. The panel assembler that receives these rolls cuts the rolls into pieces and uses the pieces in their panels.
The last Presidents message let us know that, in addition to the sale of AR-Boxes, Natcore was discussing possible JV opportunities with MX Solar and Phono Solar.
We have confidence that AR-Box #4 will be sold to another large Chinese solar company. This company, with a 500-megawatt production facility (this is equal to the entire U.S. solar cell production capacity), will be sending a delegation including their CEO and CTO to visit our Rice and Rochester labs in mid-August. They want to discuss how our process can be integrated into their fabrication lines. We also plan to discuss potential joint venture opportunities with them.
We hope to build AR-Box #5 for an Italian solar company that will be visiting us early in August to evaluate our equipment and investigate joint venture opportunities here in the United States. This company, too, will send their CEO and CTO to meet with us. We have already met with them in Red Bank, at their New Jersey facility, and in Milan.
Maybe these companies will become tandem cell panel assemblers in the future.
thought Dr.Sargent's TQDSC announcement awhile-back had pretty much nailed-down who's 1st but maybe[?] it's more complicated than that. His are CQD's & these are Ge & Si QD's.
The (seemingly conflicting) private alliance w/ Rice in QD tech also continues to puzzle me... I know of another competing[?] company that shares (nearly) the same tech alliance w/ Rice. Besides QD's, the other company has an impressive R2R printing tech advantage associated w/ it but NTCXF does however , have a 3 1/2:1 'share structure' advantage...I'll give them that. Congrats on your uptick today & GL2us all.
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