Printed Electronics is Pivotal to the Future of Mobile Phones

He elaborates, “Our core strength lies in innovations in device engineering and product development. We are committed to commercialization of plastic solar cell technology by developing products based on our high performance solar cells and have targeted the third quarter of 2009 for prototypes to be ready. Some of the challenges for the plastic solar cell technology are the low efficiency compared to silicon solar cells (currently in the range of 5 percent) and shorter lifetimes. We intend to focus on these aspects during the course of next two years through aggressive in-house R&D and through strategic collaboration with industry leaders who share our vision. We are also collaborating with some of the top academic and research institutions, including California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA. Our mission is to not only bring the plastic solar cell technology to market but also provide affordable solar photovoltaic systems to 2 billion people in the world who cannot afford to have electricity.”