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Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’ (finance.yahoo.com)
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Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’::These cells could be laminated onto various kinds of surfaces, such as the sails of a boat to provide power while at sea.

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[–] MeanEYE 4 points 11 months ago

Weight does play a huge role for satellites and to be honest I have very little knowledge of solar panels they use. However since solar sail is a thing, I'd argue surface is indeed a factor with satellites. But perhaps they managed to get some use there. There might be even other use cases I just didn't think about. My original comment was mostly pointing out that thickness was rarely as big of an issue as it was efficiency.