Originally Posted by
Flatballer
the conversion efficiency is also still quite low. Needs a lot of work there before it can compete with the likes of thin-film. Thin-film is already pretty cheap, getting cheaper all the time, has high efficiency, and can be made in all sorts of configurations, some of them very flexible and unique.
These (plastic "organic") semiconductors are present in cells as thin films, are flexible and translucent. However you correctly noted that the big problem with these cells is their low efficeincy (relative to inorganic cells).