> Would this translate into computer chip tech in any way?
These solar cells, typically, used to be chips. It is a recycling aspect of the semiconductor industry. Take all the transistors, diodes, op-amps, memory, and computer chips that are defective, grind them up and call the ground up dust amorphous silicon. Then, heat them to a vapor and deposit the vapor on whatever you want and it forms a silicon photocell capable of generating electricity in the presence of light. OR you can use the re-deposited vapor as a biasing layer in making LCD video displays.
They’re already doing this.
Thanks. I’ve long thought that someday, and maybe soon, fast computers will be a glass ball filled with chips of the consistency of gas or vapor.