Flexible Solar Panels Get More Mobile
Posted by Srikant Rajan | # |
06:01:02 pm on October 27, 2008

Just how flexible can solar cells get??? Thin film solar cell panels are flexible enough to be molded on common building appliances and external structures.Howvwer new research promises to give even more “ flexibility ” by creating liquid solar cells. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Japan are working on a method that makes it possible to create molecules in liquid forms that duplicate the solar cell and organic electroluminescence processes that create electricity. These liquid molecules can be spread on textiles in form of a thin organic layer and when the molecules dry they form a permanent covering. When light falls on this surface electricity is produced as in conventional solar cells. In other words you can “ wear ” your power source

Tags: flexible solar cell, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, organic electroluminescence, solar cell, solar energy, Sumitomo Chemical Company, thin film solar, wearable solar

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