Finally : cheap DIY selfmade solar cell with common materials !

[infringer]

Approx 10watts of output capthook 12 max...

As for dyes that fade well why not get together and work to find some way to prevent this?
I've seen it done before on projects that were way far fetched...

We know this technology works really why not work together to make something come of it not for the money or fame or whatever but for energy freedom for all of us...

I just received my Ti02 and arctic silver compound in the mail...
Now I will need to purchase a nice heat gun anyone know of a good heat gun for cheap?

I will be doing some testing rather soon though...

But I also ordered some more cells for production of energy.

I have been making simple steps for the past couple years on going greener:

- All light bulbs that I use are now CFL bulbs one of the easiest things to do.

- All Television and monitors in the home are now LCD

- I just received a digital programmable thermostat in the mail soon that will be installed it has 4 times a day settings for every day of the week... So I will set it to say 70F when home and awake 62F when gone and 65F during sleeping hours...

-Now one of my next big things and maybe someone can lead me on this is I want my LCD's and other electronics that dont need to run to be completely off now power leakage in standby aside from select items like cordless phones and the cable box. RF remote controlled way of doing so would be nice one button to completely cut all power from the selected devices.

- My computers I am looking into complete standby at certain times and to resume at other times of the day.

- Ordered more solar cells to build another panel or 3


I do wonder if anyone is familiar with micro grid tie units...

THIS ONE:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-Grid-Tie-Inverter-Solar-cell-Panel-Wind-generator_W0QQitemZ270348270391QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270348270391&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1308|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

Claims to hook up the output energy from the panel to the grid tie and run a power cord out from the unit which will in turn supply energy somehow or another. Anyone have a personal expirence

[Hugo Chavez]

As for dyes that fade well why not get together and work to find some way to prevent this?
I've seen it done before on projects that were way far fetched...

I'm just starting to learn about this.  Maybe they've already done that?  The only thing I can think of is to block the UV and that won't work for the cell.  This part interests me so if anyone has anything they've ran across on the lightfast angle of the dyes please post it.

[Curly]

This is an interesting site from the CSIRO {Australia} about printable solar cells

http://www.csiro.au/multimedia/printable-solar-cells.html

[nueview]

i seem to remember a demonstration by a fellow that he used a sheat of aluminum foil and two solutions of silica gel or water glass mixed with something can't remember if it was antimony for one and can't remember the other one but after the coat of one on the aluminum foil he coated it again with the other and put copper screen on top as it was drying he said that they were made easily and there output was fair seems like 6% wish i could recall the other chemical one made the p layer the other the negative the aluminum oxide of the foil makes a diode action as well sorry this is all i can remember about this.

nueview

[Mark69]

@infringer

You can get a decent heatgun from HarborFreight.  I have used their heat guns many times stripping old paint.  They are $10-$15 and if you burn one out, you can return it for another (if burned out within a certian period of time, I have burned a few out). 

Also concerning dyes, I had an idea though it might not sound all that well, but what about using blood?  LOL Ok I am not a vampire, but heck you can use your own or get some from meat or whatever.  I dont think blood fades away all the easily?

Mark