Manufacturing Solar Cells with a Pizza Oven

¿Pizza oven? ¿Solar Cells? There is something that really does not fit, but a 23 years old Australian scientist developed a method for manufacturing solar cells using enamel remover, a pizza oven and an inkjet printer. IJET was called, and is a technique so cheap that will revolutionize access to solar technologies.

Nicole Kuepper the creator of the project explains:

“First you grab a panel of silicon solar cells and sprays it with a spray similar to nail polish, then print something that works as nail polish remover through the inkjet printer. Finally sprayed with aluminum it goes into the oven to 550 degrees Fahrenheit ”

Kuepper said that the current solar cells are manufactured using high-performance technology and expensive equipment for cleaning up:

“We’re trying to do away with all this so that these solar cells can be manufactured in a developing country like Ghana or Laos, for example.”

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