Nanosolar is bringing to market a new generation of easy-to-handle, very-low-cost solar electricity cells. Nanosolar's leapfrog technology enables efficient solar cells that are simply coated from solution. Based on flexible plastic substrates, Nanosolar's solar-electric foils feature an active layer that is self-assembled at the nanometer scale in a quantum-physically optimal way. With manufacturing based on a series of simple non-vacuum, low-temperature solution-coating steps, Nanosolar can bring the economics of the roll-to-roll web-coating industry to solar electricity. In addition, unlike their glass-framed counterparts, Nanosolar's cells are light-weight, flexible, and easily adjustable in shape, thus simplifying product handling, including integration, installation, and logistics.
