Sep
30
2011
See Through Solar Cells
By Solar Expert
Fifty years inthe making, solar-power cells are still flat, rigid, and ugly. But new research shows how they could be made lightweight, flexible, and transparent. These innovations could expand solar-cell use to things like solar fabrics and power generating windows. www.sciencentral.com
@RyuDarragh The hotter panels get the less effective they are so there’s a trade-off
this came out 2 and a half years ago and i havnt heard anything about this stuff since
Imagine covering an entire building with this material. Enough energy to power the lights, equipment, A/C etc. Yeah good luck getting that past the electric company.
Great product. Put in on sails of boats
take those panels and put them in the basement.first you take a parabolic solar concentrator and put an robotic arm on it to follow the suns path.then make the focal point a mirrored shape cone that will send the light down through mirrored glass tubing straight into a mirrored shape glass box inside the mirrored shape box will be several solar panels that spin to keep them cool the mirrored box must have the mirrors inward to reflect the light sending from the parabolic focal point.ken van horn
Go for it John
The power companies will not allow solar to make a large impact without their hand in the profit, thats why solar hasnt caught on, wont either. Gotta do it on your own.
@SpankyNick: Solar power = good. Solar cells over everything in sight = annoying (almost bad). Transparent cells that can be placed all over the place (wherever glass goes and more) = better. Got it?
@MrProgrampro: It’s all down to photon conversion efficiency. A perfect cell is opaque at all frequencies from the deep infrared through the short UV range. At one particular, or a narrow range, the transparent (a relative term) cells may be as efficient as the more opaque cells, but not as efficient as it could be.
@RyuDarragh maybe they mean “just as efficient” as in there’s the same silicon-to-energy ratio. It won’t generate as much, because it uses much less silicon (so thin that it’s very transparent).
@hotshot1987 what dus tht have to do with anything?
Excellent Technology … until the Petroleum or Electrical Industry buys the company
@Afrocanuk embed Thermocouples into to act as both a heat sink, and to generate more electric!
Or if solar clear and transparent solar cell glass are used then more light can travel to behind and through the first stacked solar panel, because it is clear you can also make them thicker maybe up to a foot thick of solar cells window because light can travel to other solar cells if front cells are clear::Also If light(or electro enhanced light panels can put light in different places, directions for hidden solar cells in and out of corners and through tunnels can be usefull::
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The 2 main questions now are:
- What is the life expectancy? Because most people think they will last forever.
- What effect does heat build-up have on the power output? From what I’ve heard, the efficiency goes down.
We are all concerned about the latest MP3 or IPhone. When will this come to market
That’s really nice!
@proverb311031 and u forgot that the gasses we create would build up in the dome thus killing us all lol like in Mexico… ya u seen whats happened those mountains are bastards!
@VidsOfOurLabor You could just put into place sliding panels to release gasses, also you do always have to have them closed as well.
@proverb311031 and u forgot that the gasses we create would build up in the dome thus killing us all lol like in mexico… ya u seen whats happened those mountains are bastards!
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