Researchers at the Massachusetts Instite of Technology (MIT)
have created a solar panel that can be printed on a sheet of paper. This
development makes the manufacture of solar panels are cheaper and easier.
The solar panel of this paper is quite strong although solar panel
has been folded into a toy airplane. In addition, flexible solar panels that
can be recharged when exposed to sunlight.
Printing process using a vapor, not liquid. With the use of
a temperature of less than 120 degrees Celsius, allowing the use of paper,
plastic, or cloth as a container ordinary solar panels.
Researchers said, "The panel of this paper to be a
breakthrough that could reduce production costs in the manufacturing of solar
panels. solar panel costs nearly one-thousandth the cost of panels made of glass."
Researchers say that solar cells are printed on paper is
still in the testing phase, the efficiency is still about one percent.
Electrical Engineering Professor Vladimir Bulovic, who participated in the
study, said that although the efficiency of these panels are still very small,
but was able to move small appliances. "I am sure in the near future we
will refine these flexible solar panels," he added.
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