A team of Austrian and Japanese researchers created micro thin solar cells that are thiner than the strand of spider silk.
It consists of electrodes on plastic foil and measures a mere 1.9 micro meters thick, 10 times thinner than all available solar cells.
It could change the development of electronic textiles, synthetic skin and advanced robotics.
The device can be attached to a person’s clothes to collect solar electricity and help elderly individuals wearing sensors to monitor their health.People will not feel the weight of these cells and the elasticity helps using it in many other applications .
The researchers aims to increase the overall rate of the device’s sunlight electricity conversion.The power generated by solar cells increases with size and specialist said that the cells could be made larger to increase their efficiency.
Now, the cells aren’t powerful enough for any gadget but the research team work to be ready for the market in another five years.