Can Nanotechnology Turn Windows Into Solar Panels?
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Solar energy technology is becoming more efficient and more effective while also becoming invisible to the naked eye - here's how.
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Quantum Dot Solar Windows Go Non-Toxic, Colorless, With Record Efficiency
http://phys.org/news/2015-08-quantum-dot-solar-windows-non-toxic.html
"A luminescent solar concentrator is an emerging sunlight harvesting technology that has the potential to disrupt the way we think about energy; It could turn any window into a daytime power source."
Nanowire-based Solar Cells
http://nanowires.berkeley.edu/index.php/nanowire-based-solar-cells/
"Excitonic solar cells - including organic, hybrid organic-inorganic and dye-sensitised cells (DSCs) - are promising devices for inexpensive, large-scale solar energy conversion. The DSC is currently the most efficient and stable excitonic photocell. Central to this device is a thick nanoparticle film that provides a large surface area for the adsorption of light-harvesting molecules. However, nanoparticle DSCs rely on trap-limited diffusion for electron transport, a slow mechanism that can limit device efficiency, especially at longer wavelengths."
Glowing Nanomaterial To Drive New Generation Of Solar Cells
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160418095909.htm
"Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial which opens new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which could one day harvest heat in the dark and turn it into electricity. The research team has demonstrated a new artificial material, or metamaterial, that glows in an unusual way when heated."
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Read More:
Quantum Dot Solar Windows Go Non-Toxic, Colorless, With Record Efficiency
http://phys.org/news/2015-08-quantum-dot-solar-windows-non-toxic.html
"A luminescent solar concentrator is an emerging sunlight harvesting technology that has the potential to disrupt the way we think about energy; It could turn any window into a daytime power source."
Nanowire-based Solar Cells
http://nanowires.berkeley.edu/index.php/nanowire-based-solar-cells/
"Excitonic solar cells - including organic, hybrid organic-inorganic and dye-sensitised cells (DSCs) - are promising devices for inexpensive, large-scale solar energy conversion. The DSC is currently the most efficient and stable excitonic photocell. Central to this device is a thick nanoparticle film that provides a large surface area for the adsorption of light-harvesting molecules. However, nanoparticle DSCs rely on trap-limited diffusion for electron transport, a slow mechanism that can limit device efficiency, especially at longer wavelengths."
Glowing Nanomaterial To Drive New Generation Of Solar Cells
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160418095909.htm
"Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial which opens new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which could one day harvest heat in the dark and turn it into electricity. The research team has demonstrated a new artificial material, or metamaterial, that glows in an unusual way when heated."
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