Scientists build bendable solar cells thinner than paper, will revolutionize aerospace, wearables 

Somehow the united states will cry and complain that this is a national security risk

While China is busy with innovations, we are busy with wasting money in waging conflicts around the world. We have been neglecting our country and our people!

Lower prices? US would not be happy! Lol

Kevin, you said all the Chinese city names right. You are a lot more knowledgeable than many experts on China.

Lower prices for consumers? thats overcapacity

USA: china solar is eating our sunlight😞

Imagine the possibilities of a solar powered car that is also a hybrid.

China 🇨🇳 💪💪😃✌️

Next, solar cell umbrella with a power bank handle! LOL Imagine just unrolling these solar cells on your roof, you could install them yourself. Cleaning would be just throwing water on them and shaking them like a plastic sheet. This is a fascinating development

Oh dear... Von dof Lying will be livid

US will label it as national security risk kick it out of US.

The biggest use for a lightweight solar material is the side of buildings. The south facing side of an apartment building might be 30% windows and balcony, leaving a huge area for such a material to cover.

ChiNaa! How dare you over-produce and over-capacity!!

You don't have to pronounce things right, you just have to try. That in itself is respect.

Wearable solar panel can charge my phone everywhere

Hi Kevin, no need to apologize for not getting the pronunciation right. Neither can I. 😂😂😂

beautiful 大理 🌹🌹 Thanks for sharing.

Wow. Just wow. This breakthrough brings with it such amazing potential for use!

Amazing! 🎉

we can have paper drones that has no battery

AWESOME ON CHINA’s HYPERSONIC MISSILES INITIATIVE PROGRAM!👍🙏🐲🐉🐼🌏🇨🇳🙂❗️

Thank you Kevin.

so much innovations coming from China ✌

Sign off scenery is highlight of show.

The age of the Photon, China will not miss this time...

This is been worked on since at least 2005. The problem is always the efficiency of the substrate to convert photonic energy to electrical energy (including using alternatives as gallium arsenide). Much has been studied, but no one has claimed a breakthrough. Perhaps this is it.

good info

Great work Kevin

You're the Ed Harris of RU-vid mate lol

Thanks Kevin 🙏

This guy is pretty early on his game. Sometimes too early to time the market

ok no e-mail, i would not know the difference

Eventually everyone can generate electricity needed at home and on wearable on the go. They can even transmit to each other in short distances, like Bluetooth. This is next level of savings the environment. No more diary coal and petroleum needed.

UK will slap 600% tariffs on it.

just imagine a bunch of round poles, like the main shafts of windmills, with its small foot print, you can pack lots of them in a small area and let them soar into the sky. Now you can have a vertical solar farm smack in the middle of big cites.

your views will be sky rocketed if you put "bUt aT wHaT cOsT" at the end of every vidoe title.

I wonder about the recharge rate, and degradation rate?

nothing like being there. on a investment basis..... smart guy...

Thumb 👍 Up 👆 for the Rapid Development ❤😂🎉😅😊

I can't navigate the SCMP sub. Can anyone fetch me the research article link from there?

China's space station uses ultra-high-efficiency solar film, which is currently in the mass production stage. Once the mass production is successful, the cost of energy for the world will be greatly reduced.

"Solar Panels" wont even resemble solar panels anymore..... If the battery research converges..... Theyre talking about batteries / battery storage actually being the structure of the thing! So say a car for example..... tha actual battery would be moulded into the frame / structure of the car!!! or lets say the structural elements / foundations of a building!! This is a game changer! if it ever makes it to market! Things will be lighter smaller possibly stronger!? Also haha at the ending!

I am thinking to buy these for my family in Pakistan 🇵🇰. I just need to see how much efficiency and durability it has and then I will go for it with nice there is enough data

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balloons on fishing line tethered in place 1000 feet up. Self powered with DJI quality panning cameras and un jammable undetectable directional Infrared diode transmitters to observers on the ground. Sold in lots of 100 for monitoring large areas of interest from multiple angles. Of course the customers want to detect real time any illegal fishing/hunting activity on the ground, including DJI’s laser designators to enable low cost expendable drones to quickly zoom in on the laser spot for close observation or whatever. (Drones also sold in lots of 100).

be good

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HSR. USA? little-India?

What materials are those bendable solar cells made of?

There will be more 'sleepless nights in America'

The United States is going to say China stole the technology again then cry national security and human rights 😂😂😂

China are doing too much like let us catch a break

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We used to be like that.

MIT made this a year ago

Kevin, you just say these Chinese places with an accent, that all.

It's okay. At least you're trying..

From Dali, Yunnan, go to Rulli and then cross over to Myanmar for a delicious plate of Mohinga.

Where did cpc steal this technology from 😂😂😂

Reliability is always a challenge for this types of devices. Curious to see how they address these issues.

The Chinese just get on with the occupation of innovation, and don't distract themselves from this task as it gives such pride to the participants. It must be nice to have your company, and Country saying it's not what the Company, and GOVT can do for you, but what you can do for your Company, and Country.

I laughed out loud when you said you don't pronounce places correctly and people email you about it. What do they do ... track you down on LinkedIn?

Heat dissipation will be a major issue. With a PCE of 26%, it means 74% of sun energy is turning into heat. The power density of Sun and the surface of the Earth is about 1376 W/m2 which means 1018 W/m2 of heat to be dissipated (thinking of touching an old 100W incandescence light bulb). A typical portable heater used for home uses 1000W. The plastic materials generally have very high thermal resistance. Therefore, this bendable solar cell can only be used at low power applications or its have to be supported by effective heat sinks.

Haha thanks for trying to pronounce the place names properly. Won't email you about it

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Too bad! Photovoltaic cells and equipment are counted as among the industrial productions that carry an "overcapacity" tag along with Chinese EV's and therefore are banned from the U.S. market and, by extension under U.S. "leadership, the European market as well. China needs to make them cheap for the benefits of the Global South, like those 14nm and above chips using mature technology.

How dare china over innovate?

It's a great idea, but, like pretty much all solar panels, they're ugly. And I wonder how durable they are. I like the idea of putting them on the roof of an EV, provided they don't look bad and can last.

America calls it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question... Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government) China 1949 to early 1960s Albania 1949-53 East Germany 1950s Iran 1953 * Guatemala 1954 * Costa Rica mid-1950s Syria 1956-7 Egypt 1957 Indonesia 1957-8 British Guiana 1953-64 * Iraq 1963 * North Vietnam 1945-73 Cambodia 1955-70 * Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 * Ecuador 1960-63 * Congo 1960 * France 1965 Brazil 1962-64 * Dominican Republic 1963 * Cuba 1959 to present Bolivia 1964 * Indonesia 1965 * Ghana 1966 * Chile 1964-73 * Greece 1967 * Costa Rica 1970-71 Bolivia 1971 * Australia 1973-75 * Angola 1975, 1980s Zaire 1975 Portugal 1974-76 * Jamaica 1976-80 * Seychelles 1979-81 Chad 1981-82 * Grenada 1983 * South Yemen 1982-84 Suriname 1982-84 Fiji 1987 * Libya 1980s Nicaragua 1981-90 * Panama 1989 * Bulgaria 1990 * Albania 1991 * Iraq 1991 Afghanistan 1980s * Somalia 1993 Yugoslavia 1999-2000 * Ecuador 2000 * Afghanistan 2001 * Venezuela 2002 * Iraq 2003 * Haiti 2004 * Somalia 2007 to present Honduras 2009 * Libya 2011 * Syria 2012 Ukraine 2014 * 2014 - 2022 - 9 countries yet to verify. Pakistan 2022 * Haiti 2022 * Niger 2023

First Solar, Inc. in Perrysburg, Ohio has had comparable thin film CdTe solar technology for several years. We learn once again that the Chinese can read other people’s patents. Old news.

What about India? We are quite advanced technologically. China can only make cheap plastic products.