Mit Solar Panel As Thin As Bubble

Mit s latest solar discovery also corroborates the hunch of adien dywer the 13 year old boy who hypothesized and tested a solar tree design.

Mit solar panel as thin as bubble.

Super thin cells could be added to clothes gadgets and even sheets of paper mit researchers have created ultra thin proof of concept solar power cells. The mit team has achieved the thinnest and lightest complete solar cells ever made they say. Researchers at mit have created prototype solar cells so light and so thin that they can be balanced on the surface of a soap bubble without breaking it joel jean and anna osherov view 1 image. A 3 millimeter thick glass sheet protects and supports the solar cells beneath it but also contributes up to 90 of the panel s total weight.

Nearly all modern solar panels have one thing in common. The new cells which efficiently capture energy from light could offer an alternative way to power. The solar panel as light as a soap bubble. Mit researchers created solar cells that are so thin and light that they can be draped on top of a soap bubble without popping the bubble.

To demonstrate just how thin and lightweight the cells are the researchers draped a working cell on top of a soap bubble without popping the bubble. The panels would be most effective using thin. Solar cells can now be made so thin light and flexible that they can rest on a soap bubble. The new cells which efficiently capture energy from light could offer an alternative way to power.

Solar cells can now be made so thin light and flexible that they can rest on a soap bubble. Joel jean and anna osherov.