Durable, flexible solar cells, much thinner than a human hair, are glued to a strong, lightweight fabric, making them easy to install on a fixed surface. They can provide energy on the go as a wearable power fabric or be transported and rapidly deployed in remote locations for assistance in emergencies. They’re one-hundredth the weight of conventional solar panels, generate 18 times more power-per-kilogram, and are made from semiconducting inks using printing processes scalable in the future to large-area manufacturing. Among many other things, they could be integrated onto a boat’s sails, providing power at sea, adhered to tents and tarps deployed in disaster recovery operations, or applied to a drone’s wings to extend flying range. This could be a game changer.
https://news.mit.edu/2022/ultrathin-solar-cells-1209?utm_medium=email