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Engineers have developed a stretchable solar cell with the world's highest photovoltaic efficiency (19%) that can still function when stretched by more than 40%. This new polymer can be used in wearable electronic devices.
Engineers have succeeded in implementing a stretchable organic solar cell by applying a newly developed polymer material that demonstrated the world’s highest photovoltaic conversion efficiency (19%) while functioning even when stretched for more than 40% of its original state. This new conductive polymer has high photovoltaic properties that can be stretched like rubber. The newly developed polymer is expected to play a role as a power source for next-generation wearable electronic devices.