Recently scientists have succeeded in making stretchable materials for capturing the huge amount of energy which is available from the sun. Such materials would have the advantage of being more hard wearing portable as well as being suitable for applications in which aerodynamics were important e.g. vehicles.
Read this Perspective feature review of recent developments in the field:
Stretchable, elastic materials and devices for solar energy conversion
Darren J. Lipomi and Zhenan Bao
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01881G
http://xlink.rsc.org/?doi=10.1039/C1EE01881G
