A Brief History Of The Development Of Flexible Solar Panels

Using solar energy to generate electricity has long been technically mature. But the biggest problem with all silicon solar cells so far is that they must be processed into rigid plate like panels. This limits its many daily uses.
Researchers at Canon in Tokyo, Japan, invented a flexible solar panel made of new materials last year. Its characteristic is that amorphous silicon coated with resin is used as the main photoelectric element layer and laid flat on a bottom plate made of flexible materials. This new type of solar cell can be arbitrarily bent into a curved surface or any irregular shape. It can be installed on the top of streamlined cars, the cabin surfaces of sailboats, racing boats, motor boats, and the roofs and exterior walls of buildings such as houses to fully utilize the abundant solar energy and convert it into electricity. This current can be stored in a battery to generate power or as a source of energy.