Ultrathin Solar (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ultrathin Solar

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The MIT team has achieved the thinnest and lightest complete solar cells ever made, they say. To demonstrate just how thin and lightweight the cells are, the researchers draped a working cell on top of a soap bubble, without popping the bubble.

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Joel Jean and Anna Osherov

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