How To Make Flexible Solar Panels

The transfer rate of the flexible solar panels is also about 23 that is high when compared to traditional panels.

How to make flexible solar panels.

Now what you need to keep in mind is that the flexible solar panels make use of monocrystalline wafers. Flexible solar panels are constructed by sandwiching the solar cells between layers of a polymer. Using these ultra thin silicon wafers gives solar panels many unique properties including flexibility for some models. To help give the inside of the solar panel a nicer look i used 2 strips of wiremold and ran the wires inside those.

Afterward i took the panel outside in the sun to test the voltage current of the whole panel to make sure i was getting 18 volts and 3 5 amps in an open circuit and short circuit. This is also seen in part 7 and part 8 of the video. In order to make a flexible solar panel those silicon wafers must be sliced down to just a few micrometers wide.