Raising the bar for indoor light (OPV) energy harvesting
summary
Dracula Technologies reports inkjet-printed flexible OPV films that work down to ~5 lux and reach about 1 mW per 20 cm² at 1000 lux, enabled by a new Layer 2.0 zero that drops two layers and yields a 40% performance increase versus the prior generation. Production runs in France with 150 million cm² capacity, 29 patents, and customers including Lynxens Travami and Paragon ID; a Layer Vault prototype combines harvesting and on-board storage for planned shipping next year.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Energy harvesting and OPV intro
- 1:47Battery-powered IoT unsustainable
- 3:17Energy harvesting sources overview
- 4:42Light harvesting indoors
- 6:08Dracula OPV tech advantages
- 7:16OPV energy harvesting apps
- 8:39Inkjet printing for OPV
- 9:40Layer 2.0 OPV gains
- 11:30OPV cell customization
- 12:35Layer Vault harvesting storage
- 13:59Dracula OPV manufacturing
- 14:43Battery-free IoT adoption
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