The thin-film solar cells can be used in more flexible applications, such as so-called solar shingles, roofing materials that double as electricity generators.

薄膜太阳能电池可以用在更灵活的应用，如所谓的太阳能屋顶，屋面材料，双电力发电机。

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Imagine a world where sunlight can be captured to produce electricity anywhere, on any surface. The makers of thin-film flexible solar cells imagine that world too.

想象一下这样一个世界：人类能收集阳光在所有地点、所有表面上发电，薄膜软性太阳电池的制造者也希望有这么个世界。

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A new nanostructured material that absorbs a broad spectrum of light from any Angle could lead to the most efficient thin-film solar cells ever.

有一种新型纳米结构原材料，因其可吸收来自各个角度的广谱光源，能制成有史以来最有效的薄膜太阳能电池。

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The idea behind thin-film solar cells, however, is to work with flexible films, slashing costs while creating solar cells that can be wrapped around walls or even incorporated into tinted windows.

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That is not great compared with the 20% and more achieved by a silicon-based solar cell, the 40% managed by a solar-thermal turbine, or even the 18-20% of one of the new generation of cheap and cheerful thin-film solar cells.

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While less efficient at converting sunlight into electricity than conventional photovoltaic cells, the promise of thin-film solar was that it could be manufactured much cheaper as cells are printed on glass or long rolls of thin metal.

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