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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a scalable fabrication technique that allows for the production of paper-thin and lightweight solar cells that can be applied to any surface.

Billed by the MIT researchers as being "much thinner than a human hair", the durable and flexible solar cells are made from semiconducting inks using printing processes that will, one day, be able to be scaled to large-area manufacturing.

The solar cells are one-hundredth the weight of conventional solar panels but able to generate 18-times more power-per-kilogram, and can be glued to most surfaces. As such, MIT claims that the solar cells could be used for everything from wearables through to deployment in disaster emergencies. 

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