Transparent solar cells let windows generate electricity

transparent-solar-cellsIn the future, solar panels will no longer be restricted to the roof. You’ll be able to put them on your windows too.

Scientists at UCLA have invented a thin, transparent solar cell that can turn the energy of the sun into electricity, while still allowing visible light to stream through it.

“If you take a piece of glass and compare it to our solar cell, it is difficult to tell the difference,” said study leader Yang Yang, a professor at UCLA and director of the Nano Renewable Energy Center at California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI).
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Source:  Los Angeles Times, Business

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GaryBruzzese
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 @chad2012 They're saying 5 years or so.  We'll see.  I agree, great idea!