G24 Proclaims First Ever Commercial Shipment of DSSC Photovoltaic Modules

G24 has announced that they have shipped the first ever consignment of DSSC Photovoltaic modules to their Hong Kong-based consumer electronics bag manufacturer, Mascotte Industrial Associates.

 

G24 Innovations is a manufacturer of next generation dye-sensitized solar cells, an alternative to traditional silicon solar cells and a disruptive technology to environmentally-depleting batteries.

 

Mascotte manufactures computer, photographic, video, phone and multi-media bags and accessories. The DSSC technology will be used by Mascotte to build a range of solar powered bags targeted at the consumer market.

 

Mascotte says that its solar bags powered by G24i include Backpacks, Solar Battery Chargers, Solar E-Book Covers, Solar Sports Bags, Solar Messenger + Notebook Bags and Solar Camera Bags. The advantage of using DCCS is that the costs associated with a roll to roll manufacturing process are low which ultimately translates into lower priced products and also the DSSC uses environmentally friendly materials and therefore the manufacturing process produces a relatively small carbon footprint.

 

The G24i module is said to be based on a technology invented by the internationally acclaimed chemist, Prof. Michael Grätzel, Ph. D, Director, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. G24i first acquired a license to manufacture the technology in 2006, with unlimited worldwide distribution rights.

 

Mascotte has stated that their solar powered bags will be showcased at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair and the company expects that the first commercial designs will be available to consumers from Concord Keystone and Scratch Tracks by December.

 

G24i’s chief executive officer, John Hartnett commenting on the shipment of the modules stated that they have attained this milestone through a sustained focus on transforming a highly promising technology from the lab to mass production, such that it can be applied to a variety of commercial opportunities. They have invested heavily and forged strong partnerships in the process of roll-to-roll manufacturing and that is the reason they were able to achieve this breakthrough.

 

The company aims to deliver the future of mobile energy by personalizing solar power, which they will achieve by remaining at the forefront of design and development of this revolutionary light-harvesting technology.

 

Prof. Michael Grätzel congratulated the G24i team on this achievement and expressed his gratitude for the team which has overcome the numerous challenging technical problems to produce flexible DSSCs for commercial clients in a roll-to-roll process for the first time.

 

G24i said that it will announce shortly its “Power Up Your Products” program allowing developers to use DSSC in their products and applications. Under the program interested partners will be allowed to sign up online.