The object
Olga Malinkiewicz invented an inkjet-printing method for thin, flexible perovskite photovoltaic cells. Unlike rigid conventional panels, the lightweight modules can be integrated into varied surfaces and generate electricity from natural or artificial light, extending solar hardware to uses where silicon panels are impractical.
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What Olga did
Invented Saule Technologies' inkjet-printing method for photovoltaic cells based on perovskites.
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Why it matters
The EPO gave Malinkiewicz and her team both the 2024 SMEs award and the public-voted Popular Prize for the solar-cell technology.
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Living-status check
Saule Technologies' 2024 press biography identifies Malinkiewicz as its co-founder and chief technology officer, and records her 2024 awards.