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Solarmer Energy, Inc.,
a leading developer of transparent, lightweight, flexible, plastic solar panels,
will present their impressive progress in flexible solar panel development at
this year's Large-area, Organic, Printed Electronics Convention (LOPE-C). For
the first time, Solarmer will publicly exhibit their flexible solar panels,
along with a variety of other samples and demos at LOPE-C. LOPE-C is a premier
event which hosts the latest developments in organic and printed electronics.
Solarmer's flexible plastic solar panels, made using inexpensive organic materials,
are lightweight, transparent, aesthetically pleasing, and environment friendly.
These key attributes make flexible solar cells ideal for applications such as
smart fabrics and building-integrated photovoltaics. Solarmer's booth (H21)
will include a smart fabrics demonstration of these flexible solar cells integrated
into a tent.
For 2009, Solarmer's focus is on commercializing and manufacturing their low-cost,
lightweight, flexible solar panels, beginning with making samples of these panels
available to potential customers beginning this September. Dr. Vishal Shrotriya,
Director of Product and Business Development, says, "Our ability to have
prototypes available in such a short time shows the capability of our Research
and Development department. I'm sure our manufacturing process will soon follow
suit." The company's pilot line target completion date is March 2010.
Solarmer has also had much success this year with rigid solar panels. Dr. Yue
Wu, Director of Research and Development, will discuss their latest results,
including the exciting 3.86% efficiency resulting from their 200 sqcm solar
panels in his presentation on "Current Advances in Polymer Materials and
Manufacturing of OPVs (organic photovoltaics)" at LOPE-C. The company's
booth will include a demonstration of rigid panels in cell phones, GPS Navigation
systems, and laptop bags. Transparent solar cells will also be available, which
are applicable to their highly anticipated photovoltaic windows products.
With their presentation, booth, panel samples, and application demonstrations,
Solarmer Energy, Inc. is looking forward to making their mark at LOPE-C.
Posted June 18th, 2009
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