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.

Solar cells can now be made so thin light and flexible that they can rest on a soap bubble. More recently another major breakthrough has been made by researchers from mit who have apparently managed to design super thin versions of solar panels that are as light as a soap 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. Solar cells can now be made so thin light and flexible that they can rest on a soap bubble.

The mit team has achieved the thinnest and lightest complete solar cells ever made they say. Joel jean and anna osherov. The panels would be most effective using thin. That heft adds to the cost of transporting and installing solar pv systems which today makes up a large part of the cost of solar electricity.

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. The new cells which efficiently capture energy from light could offer an alternative way to power. 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. We wanted people to see how thin this solar cell was.

Nearly all modern solar panels have one thing in common. The solar panel as light as a soap bubble.