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Bendy silicon solar cells pack a powerful punch

Crystalline silicon solar cells have been brittle, heavy and fragile until now. Highly flexible versions with high power-to-weight ratios and power conversion efficiencies of 26.06–26.81% were produced by improving manufacturing and design technologies and by using thin wafer substrates.

This is a summary of: Li, Y. et al. Flexible silicon solar cells with high power-to-weight ratios. Nature 626, 105–110 (2024).

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