Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created a solar cell that's nearly 70 percent transparent. It could one day give rise to windows that generate enough electricity to power the building.
A team produced a polymer solar cell that makes energy by absorbing infrared -- and not visible -- light. That makes the cell about 66 percent transparent to the human eye, while also being able to achieve four percent efficiency.
By: Mark Brown, Edited by: Duncan Geere
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/23/transparent-solar
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