Inkjet printing method to create solar cells inexpensively, without waste

Inkjet printing has never had too much to do with solar energy until now. Engineers at Oregon State University have come up with a solution to creating CIGS solar devices using inkjet printing lately. This reduces the amount of raw materials used by about 90% and also pulls down the cost of creating solar energy cells too. Using inkjet technology, chemical compounds can now be deposited on substrates in a much more accurate method with little wastage, unlike the previous vapor phase deposition processes used while making solar energy cells earlier.

Yet another breakthrough pushing the world towards an inexpensively greener tomorrow, we’re more than eager for this technology to be adopted by solar cell manufacturers soon.
[ScienceDaily]