(Phys.org)—The standard appearance of today's electronic devices as solid, black objects could one day change completely as researchers make electronic components that are transparent and flexible.

A new flexible, transparent solar cell developed at MIT is bringing that future one step closer. The organic solar cell can be deposited on any kind of surface, rigid or flexible, transparent or not.

The high temperatures are the problem. 350°C is above the melting point of most flexible, transparent substances (e.g. plastics), and real electronic devices need a substrate to give them shape.

Chongwu Zhou et al. Flexible and Transparent Supercapacitor based on Indium Nanowire / Carbon Nanotube Heterogeneous Films. Applied Physics Letters, Vol.94, Issue 4, Page 043113, 2009; ...

Team develops highly efficient method for creating flexible, transparent electrodes. Nov 22, 2011. New low-cost, transparent electrodes. Jun 27, 2013.

In 2012 it was a flexible e-ink display. In 2013 it was the slightly flexible OLED display used in the G Flex smartphone. And now in 2014 LG has produced a massive, 18-inch OLED display that can ...

Ultra-thin flexible transparent electronics can wrap around a hair. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 01 / 140109103659.htm. ETH Zurich.

It is a promising material for the production of next-generation displays or solar cells because it is flexible, transparent and conductive. Until last year, though, graphene sheets no larger than ...

Transparent, flexible speaker runs on ions. The transparent ionic speaker, with parts labeled, above a laptop screen showing what it is playing. Harvard University. Aug. 29, 2013, 8:50 PM EDT.

Samsung's flexible display technology isn't slated to hit the market until 2012, but the Korean manufacturer is already giving us a glimpse of how it may transform our lives, with a freshly ...

Posted: Jun 12, 2007: Transparent and flexible electronics with nanowire transistors (Nanowerk Spotlight) Thin-film transistors (TFTs) and associated circuits are of great interest for applications ...

Flexible solar panels aren’t new, but they’ve proven to be markedly less efficient at converting light into energy than their bulkier, silicon-based counterparts.