The researchers invented a textile can be embedded in the surface of silicon solar cells, such silicon-based solar cell portable applications extensively, but also so far the most efficient flexible solar cells, the new results published in a few days ago, published online ” Nature - Study Materials “journal.
At the early design, flexible solar cells are inefficient use of organic materials or thick films made of inorganic, such as silicon, but it also limits their flexibility. John Rogers and colleagues, the use of ultra-thin, ultra-high flexibility of the transfer printing technology, the silicon from the silicon crystal extracted and transferred to a polymer on the bottom, to create a centimeter-size solar cells. Ways to integrate the new silicon flexibility and good optical absorption. Transfer printing technology itself is generic, so new methods can be applied to many materials and products design.
At the early design, flexible solar cells are inefficient use of organic materials or thick films made of inorganic, such as silicon, but it also limits their flexibility. John Rogers and colleagues, the use of ultra-thin, ultra-high flexibility of the transfer printing technology, the silicon from the silicon crystal extracted and transferred to a polymer on the bottom, to create a centimeter-size solar cells. Ways to integrate the new silicon flexibility and good optical absorption. Transfer printing technology itself is generic, so new methods can be applied to many materials and products design.
