A new invention that would allow domestic window to function as solar panels was recently invented by scientist at MIT in Boston. The real invention is a special coat that aplied to the windows conducts some of the light to the edges where the solar cells are. This has several advantages it allows for smaller solar cells lowering the cost of the installations, concentrates the light raising the eficiency as the solar cells are more eficient at higher light intensities. Another major saving is the unobtrusive installation that requires just a coat of the revolutionary material thus eliminating the need of expensive roof mounted panels or concentrators that need further cooling.
July 13, 2008
Windows as solar panels
Posted by solarcells under Technology, news | Tags: Environment, Green, solar cells, Solar panels |1 Comment
July 17, 2008 at 12:33 pm
[...] green ( wind power, biomass… ). Most building will be energy self suficient with those fancy dyes on every window and spray-on solar cells everywhere. Right? Well not quite. Everything looks fine until you realize [...]