Lightweight, Flexible, Energy Efficient, Mass-Producible Solar Cells Now One Step Closer

Flexible solar cells that are lightweight, energy efficient, and mass-producible are now one step closer to being a reality thanks to new research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Researchers at those universities devised a new way of creating large sheets of nanotextured, silicon micro-cell arrays -- an important step towards the goal of flexible, lightweight solar cells.

Lightweight, Flexible, Energy Efficient, Mass-Producible Solar Cells Now One Step Closer