Transparent Solar Cells For Windows That Generate Electricity

Scientists are reporting development of a new transparent solar cell an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people.

Transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity.

The more transparent they are the less electricity they generate so that becomes something for architects to consider he added that solar windows tinted to the same degree as current glazed commercial windows would generate about 140 watts of electricity per square metre. The transparency of some existing windows is similar to the. The solar cells can be made more or less transparent. The transparency of some existing windows is similar to the transparency of the solar cells forrest s group reports in the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences.

Ucla researchers have developed a new transparent solar cell that is an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people. More traditional non transparent photovoltaic solar cells frame the panel of the main material and it is these solar cells that transform the concentrated infrared light into electricity. Ultra thin transparent solar panels could potentially be retrofitted onto skyscrapers and smartphones meaning windows and screens would not need to be replaced in order to generate electricity. Rather than throwing that energy away transparent solar panels could use it to take a bite out of the building s electricity needs.

When interconnected in a grid like arrangement an array of these opv cells increase the voltage potential and electrical current in a given area.