Cheap and easy to build homemade solar cells

[triffid]

r8rchris posted an ebook here in this thread that gives details on page 1 how to start the cell using aluminum metal.Then the patent #5,538,903 tells you what pastes are and how to mix them.there is a little more detail in the ebook that was posted on the patent pages.I have been looking for this patent for a couple of years.I have finally found it.I saw a section in the ebook on copper oxide solar cells  and thought pretty much the rest of the ebook was on that.Which is probably why I missed it in the first place.I was pretty much bummed out at whoever wrote it in the first place.I wondered why someone would wrote an ebook,charge $30.00 for it and not give details on the screen print method of making solar cells.But much to my delight When I went back to the ebook again I found the details were there afterall.The copper oxide stuff was in the middle of the report.So I assumed the rest of it was not there(the screen print method).To make these cells one would have to invest some time and money.You can make all you want for yourself,you just can't sell them to anyone else.Triffid

[triffid]

I heard that the dye solar cells had problems with leaking.Triffid

[Mark69]

Are you going to make some?

Mark

[Koen1]

What was the output supposed to be compared to a "normal" silicium-based solar cell?

And well, to anyone who wants to try it: watch the hell out with Cadmium!

[triffid]

I have no plans at the moment to make any.I might if I want to cover the whole roof of a house.Also anyone who wants to work with these chemicals should consult an MSDS manuel on the safety aspects.Before they ever start.Also if you have kids or pets at home forget it!!!I had a friend whose cat knocked over a jar of baking soda solution.He only had a mess to clean to clean up.If it had been acid or a base.Things would have been a lot more nasty.Triffid