Transparent Organic Solar Cells

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Transparent organic solar cells.

Overview mit researchers are making transparent solar cells that could turn everyday products such as windows and electronic devices into power generators without altering how they look or function today. They still collect energy from sunlight but can be made more flexible transparent or at least semi transparent and can be. The two major types of transparent solar panels include partial and full transparent panels. All near infrared transparent organic solar cells t oscs are fabricated using a new method involving two ultranarrow bandgap egopt 1 4 ev photoactive materials.

Partially transparent solar panels. In this work highly transparent organic solar cells t oscs based on all near infrared nir harvesting materials optical bandgap e g opt 1 4 ev are first fabricated. Visible light passes through the cells unimpeded so our eyes don t know they re there. The transparent organic solar cells can also be customized for local latitudes taking advantage of the fact that they are most efficient when the sun s rays are hitting them at a perpendicular angle.

Their new solar cells absorb only infrared and ultraviolet light. Transparent organic photovoltaics are identified as important components for building integrated photovoltaics and smart window technologies.