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Joule, Sun et al.: “Heat-insulating multifunctional semitransparent polymer solar cells” https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(18)30242-3

Environmentally friendly building trends have boosted the popularity of window coatings that keep heating and cooling costs down by blocking out unneeded parts of sunlight. They have also inspired scientists and engineers to create thin, see-through solar cells to turn windows into miniature electricity generators. Researchers in China have gone a step further and combined these two functions into one window-compatible material that could double the energy efficiency of an average household. Their work appears July 3 in the journal Joule.

“Building-integrated photovoltaics are a great example of a market where silicon photovoltaics, despite thei...