Breakthrough with transparent solar panels: Will massive use of electricity-generating windows follow?
A team of scientists from Switzerland broke the efficiency record for transparent solar panels. With a new design, the Swiss have increased the energy conversion efficiency of some solar cells to more than 15 percent in direct sunlight, and 30 percent in ambient light. This technological disruption could pave the way for the widespread application of energy-generating windows.
Why is this important?
Materials that convert sunlight into electrical energy have huge potential. They seem to be the ideal tools for building a low-carbon and cost-effective energy system.in the news: Scientists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a new type of dye-sensitive material Solar cells (DSC) advanced. That message includes the news site euronews.
What? Dye sensitive solar cells DSCs, also known as Grätzel cells, are a type of low-cost solar cell. This technology involves applying a photosensitive dye to the surface of a semiconductor to convert visible sunlight into energy.
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