You guys from MIT should really get together with Dyesol here in Australia. This company has been working with Dye solar technology. You could replace your current non-performing dye’s with the Dye Solar solution to generate electricity from the Dye itself and you’re novel solution. This should increase the efficiency of your solar cell by providing another source of electricity within the solar device itself. I don’t care who does the solar, I just want a clean world for future generations!

You guys from MIT should really get together with Dyesol here in Australia. This company has been working with Dye solar technology. You could replace your current non-performing dye’s with the Dye Solar solution to generate electricity from the Dye itself and you’re novel solution. This should increase the efficiency of your solar cell by providing another source of electricity within the solar device itself. I don’t care who does the solar, I just want a clean world for future generations!

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Be careful about jumping in with your money. These all sound wonderful, but it’s still not ready.

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Be careful about jumping in with your money. These all sound wonderful, but it’s still not ready.

If I understand your question correctly, I hope this reply is useful. You can use this technology in two ways. Firstly, as an addition to conventional solar panels to boost their efficiency. Secondly, as an independent unit that looks like a tinted or frosted pane of ordinary glass. So if you wanted to use these as conventional windows, they would allow less light into a room. The good news is that some office buildings already do this, and in some climates (especially deserts), this can be a bonus.

@ Richard Tallent:

Since I couldn’t access the scientific publication for this story I’m not sure which wavelengths of light are captured for the solar panels. Since the “windows” would appear frosted or tinted, and since other solar panels can operate beneath one of these “windows”, I assume that some visible light still passes through them. Even though this technology is more efficient than the original versions from the 1970s, if it captured 100% of visible light then the glass pane would appear opaque.

If I understand your question correctly, I hope this reply is useful. You can use this technology in two ways. Firstly, as an addition to conventional solar panels to boost their efficiency. Secondly, as an independent unit that looks like a tinted or frosted pane of ordinary glass. So if you wanted to use these as conventional windows, they would allow less light into a room. The good news is that some office buildings already do this, and in some climates (especially deserts), this can be a bonus.

@ Richard Tallent:

Since I couldn’t access the scientific publication for this story I’m not sure which wavelengths of light are captured for the solar panels. Since the “windows” would appear frosted or tinted, and since other solar panels can operate beneath one of these “windows”, I assume that some visible light still passes through them. Even though this technology is more efficient than the original versions from the 1970s, if it captured 100% of visible light then the glass pane would appear opaque.

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You are understanding it in correctly, the solar panels are placed around the edges of the glass. There is one big one behind the glass to catch the light that goes straight through it, but that can be taken out so this can be used as a window. The solar panels that capture the light would be (presumably) hidden within the walls.