Permasteelisa and Nextgeneration Solar Cells

Permasteelisa is a designer, producer and installer of “architectural envelopes” it states on it’s site. The type of company that surrounds buildings and installs office walls, furnishings, etc.. They are getting into nextgeneration solar panels through their participation in new technology that will allow producing solar panels without silicone.

The next 4 years will see the development of “organic” photovoltaic cells. They will also start-up an industrial production line of DSSC panels (Dye Sensitized Solar Cells). This innovative technology utilizes light-sensitive organic pigments and nanotechnology to generate electricity. These new organic cells will be more versatile and enable builders to integrate them vertically into the sides of tall skyscrapers. In addition to being less sensitive to the angle of solar radiation they are also transparent and may use different colors. All this makes for more pleasant visual solar cell integraton on the exterior of buildings.

The Universities of Rome Tor Vergata, Ferrara and Turin will be research partners in the project. The Australia company Dyesol will also be involved, through its subsidiary Dyesol Italia, leader in the sector for the supply of materials and technologies.

Making the visual aspect of solar cells/panels much more pleasing to the eye will do it’s part in overcoming the arguments of the anti-solar naysayers.

Permasteelisa and Nextgeneration Solar Cells