Solar power new super lightweight flexible solar cells was thinner than head will be 10 times

An international research team created a new kind of flexible solar cells, they say the battery can completely change the future of wearable technology. The solar cell is described as lightweight and flexible, and ten times thinner than the thickness of a human hair. The team said that the shelf life of the solar cells estimates can be 11. Five years, and runtime degradation rate is extremely low.

another key feature of this technique is the battery price is cheap, and can be through the continuous printing process rapid manufacturing. The researchers describe their equipment as a mechanical strong light absorber, able to make the super flexible solar cells. After 1000 times bending battery power conversion efficiency of 13%, efficiency rate of 97%.

the team said the photovoltaic (pv) grid, the equipment can produce 130 watts of power per square metre. Although 13% efficiency is not high, the sound of China solar energy network, but this is the highest efficiency of organic solar cells. Test shows that the solar cell can be treated with a unique way, solar portal, after running 4736 hours, performance only down by 4. 8%. The battery can run 20000 hours, or about 2. 5 years of time, the performance attenuation. The volume of the battery is very small, only 2 cm square, weight is light, photovoltaic (pv) grid, can use the petals support, at the same time battery can produce 9 per gram. 9 watts of power.

scientists think, after further testing, the device can be used as mobile phones, watches, iot devices and battery replacement biological sensors and other equipment. The researchers in a simple method of annealing developed materials, in order to improve the stability of the mechanical stability of organic cells and the final. This small size batteries made by continuous printing method producing low-cost solar cells, solar power network in China, making it become the ideal choice for mass production.