Because it seems, rural fields and the tops of homes aren’t the one locations one can discover photo voltaic cells. MIT is engaged on wearabls photo voltaic cell material. Right here’s extra from hackaday:
The method nonetheless includes utilizing chemical vapor deposition to supply the photo voltaic cell on glass. Nevertheless, the cells are faraway from the glass, ready with electrodes, after which transferred to a chunk of cloth which acts as a brand new substrate.
The material used within the paper is a composite material generally known as Dyneema composite material. It makes use of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers and sheets of Mylar. This materials has low weight however a really excessive energy. A UV treatment adhesive bonds the material and photo voltaic cells.
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