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Ultra-thin solar 'coating' can turn phone cases and EVs into mini power generators

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Oxford University researchers have produced the world's first flexible "solar panel" that is thin enough to coat on other objects so they can double as a portable source of energy.

The material the researchers made is just over one micron thick ( 0.001 mm ) Japan 's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has certified this invention ahead of a scientific study later this year .

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