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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...

1.Prototype of a semi-transparent perovskite solar cell with thermal-mirror functionality.
Copyright : Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
2. Thermal images are taken by an infrared camera to compare the heat rejection performance of automobile window film, semi-transparent solar cell and glass.
Copyright : Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
3. Typical solar cells today are made of crystalline silicon, which is difficult to make translucent.
Copyright : Liu Fuyu / 123rf

A Korean team has developed semi-transparent perovskite solar cells that could be great candidates for solar windows...