This is interesting though I would like to see more detail. The use of organics asks more questions than it answers. That it can out perform thin film by an order of magnitude implies converting over a much broader spectrum. So far so good. Can it be sustained?
This is a new entrant and the claims are at least promising. Even if the production is nort particularly impressive, it will still have a market merely to make use of a passive resource. Recall windows must be specially made to begin with, and it will be no trick at all folding this into the supply chain.
Of course, if they can establish sustainable high yield at a low effective cost base, every office building will soon convert and so will everyone else. Recall how we all use double pane windows these days.
World's First-of-Its-Kind See-Thru Glass SolarWindow Capable Of Generating Electricity
by Staff Writers
Burtonsville MD (SPX) Jul 27, 2010
Researchers Apply Coating to Commercial Glass, Demonstrating Transparency of New Energy's SolarWindow Capable of Generating Electricity, Currently Under Development. Source: New Energy Technologies, Inc.
New Energy Technologies is pleased to announce that researchers developing its proprietary SolarWindow technology have achieved major scientific and technical breakthroughs, allowing the Company to unveil a working prototype of the world's first-ever glass window capable of generating electricity in the upcoming weeks.
Until now, solar panels have remained opaque, with the prospect of creating a see-thru glass window capable of generating electricity limited by the use of metals and various expensive processes which block visibility and prevent light from passing through glass surfaces.
New Energy's ability to generate electricity on see-thru glass is made possible by making use of the world's smallest working organic solar cells, developed by Dr. Xiaomei Jiang at the University of South Florida
New Energy's SolarWindow technology is under development for potential application in the estimated 5 million commercial buildings in America
"We're always keen to see innovations in our laboratories turn into meaningful commercial products," stated Valerie McDevitt, Assistant Vice President for Research, Division of Patents and Licensing, University of South Florida
The University of South Florida Research Foundation
"It's very exciting to see that our ongoing research has led to several significant breakthroughs with transparency and the production of electricity on see-thru glass," explained Mr. Meetesh V. Patel, President and CEO of New Energy Technologies, Inc. "For the first time ever, these advances have allowed us to develop an early-scale working prototype of the technology, which I very much look forward to unveiling in the upcoming weeks."
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