Inexpensive Solar Electric Window on the Horizon?
by Andrew on Aug.19, 2010, under solar electric
Graphene organic photovoltaics: Flexible material only a few atoms thick may offer cheap solar power
If you could plug your windows into the grid AND get the infrared solar gain for either space or water heating, you’d have a win-win situation.
“…A critical aspect of any OPV photo-electronic device is a transparent conductive electrode through which light can couple with active materials to create electricity. The new work indicates that graphene, a highly conductive and highly transparent form of carbon made up of atoms-thick sheets of carbon atoms, has high potential to fill this role. …”
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