Media from: While you’re up, print me a solar cell
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Barr holds a sheet of paper that has had one of the layers of the solar cell printed on its surface
Photo: Patrick Gillooly
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A paper solar cell, which has been laminated in plastic, is connected to an LCD screen to demonstrate that it is producing power from ambient sunlight.
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A paper solar cell that has been repeatedly folded is illuminated from below and connected to a voltmeter to demonstrate its output (26 V).
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After several more layers are deposited, the finished product is a flexible, foldable, bendable solar cell printed on paper.
Photo: Patrick Gillooly
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