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The production of conventional solar cells is a costly affair. This is one reason that has hindered the popular use of solar energy for day-to-day electricity demands of households and organizations. Another reason is the use of a complex technology for producing solar cells and less enthusiasm among governments to adopt solar technologies. However, all of these could become a thing of past soon. Researchers have now shown that solar cells can be printed on a large scale just like newspapers. Such cells are cheap and can be printed on almost every kind of surfaces.

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I had heard about printable solar cells before, but now, a team of researchers from the Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany have developed a method that makes it possible to print solar cells on ordinary paper, possibly opening a way of saying goodbye to those bulky pieces of silicon installed on rooftops.

The idea of paper printing also reduces costs. The technology, known as 3PV (Printed Paper Photovoltaics) uses methods similar to those already applied in printing magazines.

The scientists said this discovery would be “a paradigm shift in solar technology,” as it would allow producing much cheaper electricity than conventional solar cells.

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