This is interesting.  Solar CEO and engineers on the latest thin film solar.

Nano fibers of silicon embedded in plastic might beat solid silicon PV cells.  it would take a lot less purified silicon, the choke point in the PV supply chain.

It's based on the new conductive plastics, composed of micro metal fibers embedded in plastic.  A company touted by stock slingers (for what that's worth) has this material in testing for everything from cellphone cases that act as their own antennae to car body parts as strong as metal and as light and resilient as plastic.

Supposedly the parts that all the big manufacturers are making are in the test mold stage for replacing regular metal and plastic parts with this new metal/plastic hybrid material.

Better buy a few 100 shares?  It's around 5 bucks now, hehey.