The Light Through Yonder Window Generates
Large Windows Could Capture Solar Energy
Anne Ball, July 31, 2016 (Voice Of America)
“…[T]here is a race to develop transparent solar cell that can cover windows of buildings and still capture the sun’s light for electricity…[The solar spectrum is made up of] ultraviolet light, or UV, visible light, and infrared light…[Transparent solar technology allows visible light to pass through the solar cells leaving] light from the ultraviolet and infrared parts of the light spectrum make electricity…Several colleges and private laboratories are working to develop photovoltaic compounds that could be applied to windows. They would be transparent, which means, you can see through them…[In 2012, there were 5.6 million commercial buildings in the U.S. with over] 8 billion square meters of windows…” click here for more
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