Solarmer Breaks World Records for Plastic Solar Technology
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EL MONTE, CA, Jul 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
Solarmer Energy, Inc., a leading developer of plastic solar panels, is
now the world record holder for plastic solar cell and plastic solar
panel efficiencies. At this year's Large-area, Organic and Printed
Electronics Conference (LOPE-C), Solarmer announced that they have
achieved 6.77% plastic solar cell efficiency, certified by the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and 3.9% plastic solar panel
efficiency, certified by the Newport Corporation, which are the highest
performances recorded to date by these organizations.
Solarmer's Materials Development team, led by Dr. Jianhui Hou, made the
polymers used for both record breaking devices. "We're extremely pleased
with the progress we're making and excited about what's yet to come," says
Dr. Hou. "These achievements are more evidence that Solarmer's portfolio
of polymers is the strongest and most diverse in the industry."
From July 14th to 16th, Solarmer will exhibit the record breaking plastic
solar panel along with others to the 15,000 trade visitors at Intersolar
North America 2009 in San Francisco, California. Demonstrations will
include a solar messenger bag, GPS navigation system, and cell phones.
"Solarmer has made great progress developing plastic solar panels, but we
could not have done it without our academic partners, University of
Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles," says Woolas
Hsieh, Founder and President of Solarmer Energy, Inc. "I'm glad and proud
we're advancing plastic solar technology towards commercial success."
About Solarmer Energy, Inc.
Solarmer is developing transparent, lightweight, flexible, plastic solar
panels, which are expected to cost a fraction of what silicon solar panels
cost. These solar panels will create new markets that are currently not
addressable with conventional silicon solar panel technology. The first
major applications for this technology will likely be portable digital
electronic devices (such as cell phones and PDAs) and smart fabrics (such
as tents and solar bags). Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), in the
form of power windows, will soon follow. The company was founded in 2006
to commercialize technology developed at UCLA.
Contact:
Dr. David Stone
Solarmer Energy, Inc.
3445 Fletcher Ave.
El Monte, CA 91731
O: 626.456.8090
F: 626.456.8082
davids@solarmer.com
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