After the back of a commercially available rigid silicon panel was coated with a highly stretchable, biocompatible elastomer, the cell was divided into multiple silicon islands by means of a laser patterning-based corrugation technique. Each island was electrically linked through interdigitated back contacts traversing the solar cell.
A new breakthrough could help with the creation of stretchable solar cells, the researchers behind it say. The flexible solar panels could be used to power wearable technology and other...
An article in Advanced Materials presents polymer donors with hydrogen-bonding spacers that enable intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells with a high power conversion efficiency and good...
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Workers install solar panels in the Kubuqi Desert in Ordos city, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, last year. DING GENHOU/FOR CHINA DAILY HOHHOT — In Chaideng village in Ordos city, Inner Mongolia
The researchers said that stretchable solar cells that maintain strong electrical ability have been tough to produce until recently. But the new organic polymer they developed has been a game-changer in the research, in
A new stretchable solar cell developed by researchers at the Center for Emergent Matter Science at Riken University in Japan can stretch to nearly 1.5 times its original size with only a 20...
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Combining silicon with a highly elastic polymer backing produces solar cells that have record-breaking stretchability and high efficiency. Crystalline silicon solar
Stretchable and extremely flexible photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells would be useful as, for example, power sources for rugged and collapsible electronic and biomedical devices, foldable, weather-resistant solar roofs for applications in the field, and conformable solar panels for one-time bonding to the curved surfaces of buildings
Engineers have succeeded in implementing a stretchable organic solar cell by
Combining silicon with a highly elastic polymer backing produces solar cells that have record-breaking stretchability and high efficiency. Crystalline silicon solar panels could be just as effective when incorporated into stretchy wearable electronics or flexible robot skin as they are when used as rigid rooftop panels.
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A new breakthrough could help with the creation of stretchable solar cells, the researchers behind it say. The flexible solar panels could be used to power wearable technology and other...
The researchers said that stretchable solar cells that maintain strong electrical ability have been tough to produce until recently. But the new organic polymer they developed has been a game-changer in the research, in part because it is lighter and more flexible.
A new stretchable solar cell developed by researchers at the Center for Emergent Matter Science at Riken University in Japan can stretch to nearly 1.5 times its original size with only a 20...
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Stretchable and extremely flexible photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells would be useful as, for example, power sources for rugged and collapsible electronic and biomedical devices, foldable, weather-resistant solar roofs for
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Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) declare it as the "world''s highest-performing stretchable organic solar cell." The development is unique as it...
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After the back of a commercially available rigid silicon panel was coated
HOHHOT, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- In Chaideng Village of Ordos City, 3.46 million blue solar panels stretch across the desert, covering 30 million square meters, transforming the endless sands into a shimmering "photovoltaic sea." The solar power base is part of an ambitious solar energy desert reclamation project known as the "great photovoltaic wall," spanning along the northern edge
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Engineers have succeeded in implementing a stretchable organic solar cell by applying a newly developed polymer material that demonstrated the world''s highest photovoltaic conversion efficiency...
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Engineers have succeeded in implementing a stretchable organic solar cell by applying a newly developed polymer material that demonstrated the world's highest photovoltaic conversion efficiency (19%) while functioning even when stretched for more than 40% of its original state.
The new breakthrough from researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology is reported in a paper, ‘Rigid- and soft-block-copolymerized conjugated polymers enable high-performance intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells’, published in the journal Joule.
It can be stretched by up to 40 per cent even as it is used, the creators claim. Solar cells have made their way to some consumer and wearable devices, such as Garmin’s smartwatches. But they are much harder to make in forms that are able to flex, such as implanting them in clothing or other soft products.
The newly developed polymer is expected to play a role as a power source for next-generation wearable electronic devices. With the market for wearable electric devices growing rapidly, stretchable solar cells that can function under strain have received considerable attention as an energy source.
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) declare it as the “world’s highest-performing stretchable organic solar cell.” The development is unique as it utilizes organic material to build the photoactive layer of the solar cell, which turns light into energy.
Add Interesting Engineering to your Google News feed. A team of researchers has achieved a milestone by developing lightweight and highly efficient stretchable solar cells for energy generation in electronic gadgets.
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