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Projects of Prof. Mareike Gast at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
WORKSHOP: SILK SCREEN PRINTING & DIY DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL 30.9./1.10.2019 The silk screen printing process is industrially used to apply the titanium dioxide layer onto glass plates and therefore plays an important role in the production of dye-sensitized solar cells. We completed a basic course in silk screen printing, in order to be able to …
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EXCURSION TO OPVIUS a company producing organic solar cells in Kitzingen – 11.11.2019 In November we visited the company Opvius in Kitzingen, which produces printed organic solar cells. We got a great insight in the unique production, the potentials, the products and applications. Stephan Hildebrandt, a graduate from industrial design at the Burg, who now …
INTERVIEW with GERO LÜCKING from LICHTBLICK by Magdalena Michal What were your goals when you founded “Lichtblick” 21 years ago? We wanted to offer a new electricity product in the liberalised electricity market that is 100% renewable and that also gives customers the opportunity to clearly position themselves for the phase-out of nuclear power and …
SUNNET Textile façade design through flexible solarnets Countless square meters of façade remain unused when it comes to solar energy. But what if solar cells would shape the design of the façade, dress it, decorate it? “SUNNET” gives an answer: from tiny solar beads* and conductive yarns unique “solar garments” for façades are created. The …
