Shrink Solar LLC Unveils 5th Generation Solar Concentrator Technology in Solar-Window Prototype
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Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

May 10, 2010... Shrink Nanotechnologies of Carlsbad, California USA, announced that its wholly-own subsidiary Shrink Solar LLC has unveiled the fifth generation of its solar concentrator technology. The technology is reportedly based on the company's proprietary NanoShrink material and its photovoltaic quantum dots. Shrink Solar says its patent-pending nano-based technology filters out wavelengths currently not absorbed by silicon and re-emits them into a device by concentrating light. Unlike other solar concentrator technologies, the company says it functions without needing a tracking device, mirror or lens. Additional structures and circuit design also bolster efficiency. The company expects that as the technology evolves and becomes more optimized, it will be form fit into existing silicon PV systems for windows, roofing, consumer products, and other solar applications.

"Our fifth generation solar window prototype delivers the necessary proof-of-concept to attract larger, international players in the solar energy sector and ultimately provide the resources to continue to optimize this technology for commercial applications. Because our solar concentrator technologies are easily upgradable and can be designed to be integrated into existing solar installations, existing silicon PV manufacturers as well as window manufacturers are key potential commercial partners. We hope to begin to announce small scale development partnerships in the near future," said Mark L. Baum, CEO of Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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