Japanese researchers develop waterproof, flexible organic solar cell with 14.3% efficiency

The organic cell retained 89% of its initial performance after being immersed in water for four hours and survived a washing machine cycle. The researchers plan to develop the technology further, with an end goal of using it for wearable devices. Organic photovoltaics (OPV) have been proposed as suitable for wearable electronics that are attached to clothing to monitor medical devices without requiring battery changes. This latest research opens possibilities that solar cells could be put onto clothes and still function correctly after being rained on or even washed. With this in mind, researchers ...

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