Sunday, May 10, 2009

Flexible, transparent solar cells for windows

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Solar company Konarka has developed a transparent solar cell that it hopes will be built onto electricity-generating windows.

A transparent solar cell Konarka hopes will be fitted into power-generating windows. Under its Arch Active Solar Glass development, the company has built prototypes of windows with the solar cells between two panes of glass. The photovoltaic cells can be tinted different colors. …

http://picocool.com/eco/building-on-flexible-solar-cells--/

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