The scientists at Universities of Sheffield and Cambridge, have successfully developed a new technique using a material other than silicon is cheaper to make a solar panel modules. The researchers used a layer of cling film deposited on a plastic surface.
The study, published in the Journal of Advanced Energy Materials, explained that cling film materials are flexible photovoltaic materials that are cheaper than conventional silicon solar modules. According to the researchers, the films are also lightweight making it easy for shipping. They also expect for a very cheap solar energy can be used in a large scale for domestic and industrial.
The technique is just like varnishing a tabletop, a very thin film was spread over the surface, semiconducting molecules contained within the mixtures separate to the top and bottom of the layer. It Will be able to maximize the efficiency of solar panels.
The researchers will encourage further research to allow make polymer solar panels are cheaper with a bit of material used in the manufacture of conventional solar cells. They hope the next fifty years of clean solar energy could replace fossil fuel use for electricity.
