In KY we are so inbred, stupid, and lazy.....

[Sunshine]

.....that all we have to do is sit around and invent new technology! Wow. Undergrad students involved. I wrote two articles in graduate school that were later published in a prestigious nursing journal, but this is just fantastic for these guys.

WKU researchers develop low-cost, flexible solar panel


A small-scale, flexible solar panel developed by a WKU chemistry faculty member soon may be powering your cell phone, your laptop or your child’s toy.

WKU researchers have developed a small, flexible solar panel and hope to have the green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)
WKU researchers have developed a small, flexible solar panel and hope to have the green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)

Dr. Hemali Rathnayake, assistant professor in WKU’s Department of Chemistry, and her research group (graduate students Venkata Ramana and Stephen Guffey and undergraduate student John Ferguson) have created a prototype of the solar panel and hope to have the latest first generation solar panel in green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013.

“My group has been laboriously working on this project the last four years and we’re pretty excited to see the products and materials we’ve designed get into the market,” Dr. Rathnayake said.

WKU is the first school in Kentucky to develop this type of low-cost, flexible organic-based solar technology, she said.

The see-through solar panel is organic and made from novel carbon-based materials by coating on recyclable plastics. The materials were developed in house and large-scale production is possible. These panels are low-cost since coating is done using simple airbrush techniques. The current panel developed replaces a 1.5-volt battery.

The solar cell can be charged by sticking it onto a window to collect energy. “You can just peel and stick on a window,” Dr. Rathnayake said.

WKU researchers develop low-cost, flexible solar panel | WKU News

 

[Warrior102]

Awesome !!!

 

[bodecea]

.....that all we have to do is sit around and invent new technology! Wow. Undergrad students involved. I wrote two articles in graduate school that were later published in a prestigious nursing journal, but this is just fantastic for these guys.

WKU researchers develop low-cost, flexible solar panel


A small-scale, flexible solar panel developed by a WKU chemistry faculty member soon may be powering your cell phone, your laptop or your child’s toy.

WKU researchers have developed a small, flexible solar panel and hope to have the green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)
WKU researchers have developed a small, flexible solar panel and hope to have the green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)

Dr. Hemali Rathnayake, assistant professor in WKU’s Department of Chemistry, and her research group (graduate students Venkata Ramana and Stephen Guffey and undergraduate student John Ferguson) have created a prototype of the solar panel and hope to have the latest first generation solar panel in green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013.

“My group has been laboriously working on this project the last four years and we’re pretty excited to see the products and materials we’ve designed get into the market,” Dr. Rathnayake said.

WKU is the first school in Kentucky to develop this type of low-cost, flexible organic-based solar technology, she said.

The see-through solar panel is organic and made from novel carbon-based materials by coating on recyclable plastics. The materials were developed in house and large-scale production is possible. These panels are low-cost since coating is done using simple airbrush techniques. The current panel developed replaces a 1.5-volt battery.

The solar cell can be charged by sticking it onto a window to collect energy. “You can just peel and stick on a window,” Dr. Rathnayake said.

WKU researchers develop low-cost, flexible solar panel | WKU News

So....those scientists came from Kentucky. What were their hometowns....and high schools?

 

[Sunshine]

.....that all we have to do is sit around and invent new technology! Wow. Undergrad students involved. I wrote two articles in graduate school that were later published in a prestigious nursing journal, but this is just fantastic for these guys.

WKU researchers develop low-cost, flexible solar panel


A small-scale, flexible solar panel developed by a WKU chemistry faculty member soon may be powering your cell phone, your laptop or your child’s toy.

WKU researchers have developed a small, flexible solar panel and hope to have the green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)
WKU researchers have developed a small, flexible solar panel and hope to have the green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)

Dr. Hemali Rathnayake, assistant professor in WKU’s Department of Chemistry, and her research group (graduate students Venkata Ramana and Stephen Guffey and undergraduate student John Ferguson) have created a prototype of the solar panel and hope to have the latest first generation solar panel in green technology ready for commercialization by the end of 2013.

“My group has been laboriously working on this project the last four years and we’re pretty excited to see the products and materials we’ve designed get into the market,” Dr. Rathnayake said.

WKU is the first school in Kentucky to develop this type of low-cost, flexible organic-based solar technology, she said.

The see-through solar panel is organic and made from novel carbon-based materials by coating on recyclable plastics. The materials were developed in house and large-scale production is possible. These panels are low-cost since coating is done using simple airbrush techniques. The current panel developed replaces a 1.5-volt battery.

The solar cell can be charged by sticking it onto a window to collect energy. “You can just peel and stick on a window,” Dr. Rathnayake said.

WKU researchers develop low-cost, flexible solar panel | WKU News

So....those scientists came from Kentucky. What were their hometowns....and high schools?

I'm not your search engine. But go ahead and detract. What technology have you invented? How many scholarly articles have published? Oh, that's right. None. We all know you can't do any better. And we feel sorry for you.

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