polycrystalline silicon solar cells,Mono solar cell-New solar cell could be used to make clothing

A new solar cell can produce the same amount of energy as the best conventional solar panels while using polycrystalline silicon solar cells  less expensive material.

The novel flexible device Mono solar cell  could help make Mono solar panel solar cells far more practical for products ranging from sunroofs to clothing, scientists say.

"It could be extremely rugged — you could roll it up, even perforate it, shoot holes in it with a gun, and it'd still operate, whereas normal crystalline silicon would just shatter like glass," said researcher Harry Atwater, an applied physicist at the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena, Calif.