Okay, well...not quite. But according to an article in Cleantechnica, an Australian scientist has been working on a new way to manufacture solar cells. Although from first glance, it looks more relevant to manufacturing equipment rather than the solar cell itself.
Firstly, she takes a standard silicon solar cell and sprays it with a substance similar to nail polish. Then, she inkjet prints something like nail polish remover onto the wafer in a set pattern in the same way that you’d print a normal photo. This enables the creation of high-resolution patterns on the cell at a very low cost. The cell is then metallized with an aluminum spray and baked at a very low temperature of around 550 fahrenheit in “something like a pizza oven.” (See the whole thing at Cleantechnica)
Of course that still means you need the standard silicon solar cell to start with...
