Scientists at UCLA have invented a thin, transparent solar cell that can turn the energy of the sun into electricity, while still allowing visible light to stream through it.
“If you take a piece of glass and compare it to our solar cell, it is difficult to tell the difference,” said study leader Yang Yang, a professor at UCLA and director of the Nano Renewable Energy Center at California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI).
The transparent solar cell is made out of a plastic that absorbs invisible infrared light while letting most visible light pass through.
Excerpt of an article written by Deborah Netburn, LATimes. Continue HERE
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