Read more: 12 Smart Gadgets You Didn't Know Existed Amorphous silicon panels predate all other thin film panels, and have been in use for decades in small electronics like solar-powered ...

There are four basic kinds of thin film solar panels, each with pros and cons: Amorphous silicon, organic photovoltaic, cadmium telluride, and copper indium gallium selenide. These are the ...

Scientists at Spain's Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) have fabricated a transparent solar cell based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide. They say it could be used for ...

A company named Leap Photovoltaic claims they have a technology to create solar panels without silicon ... This sounds a lot like amorphous silicon cells which have been around for a while.