As opposed to conventional silicon solar panels, which are bulky and rigid, these lightweight, flexible sheets could easily be integrated into roofs and building facades or on vehicles.

与传统笨重刚硬的硅电池板不同，这些薄膜轻巧，可卷曲的薄片很容易铺设在屋顶，粘贴在建筑物外面或汽车表面。

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Funding from the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) is being used to find cheaper ways to manufacture conventional silicon solar panels (Making More solar Cells from silicon).

来自新成立的高等能源研究计划局(ARPA - E)的资助，是要用来找出更便宜的方法生产传统硅太阳能电池板(参见“从硅当中制造更多的太阳能电池”一文)。

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For example, Innovalight, based in Sunnyvale, ca, has developed a method for printing silicon nanoparticles that can improve the amount of light conventional crystalline silicon solar panels absorb.

例如，位于加里福利亚州山景城的Innovalight公司开发了一种涂刷硅纳米颗粒的方法来提高晶体硅太阳能板吸收阳光的能力。

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Suntech is selling the two new silicon solar panels in North and Latin America first.

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Rolling out efficient silicon solar panels would enable First Solar to tackle the residential rooftop market.

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As a result, silicon solar panels are not much more expensive than thin film solar panels these days.

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