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"New solar cells. UCLA researchers have developed photovoltaic cells with twice the energy harvesting capacity of cells developed in 2012. The cells, which can be processed to be transparent or in shades ranging from light green to brown, could be used to make building windows, smartphone screens, car sunroofs and other surfaces into sources of sustainable energy."
Image Credit: Solar Cell, Yang Yang, 2013

Transparent Solar Film Gets Big Efficiency Boost

July 30th, 2013 | by James Ayre

This article was first published on sister site Green Building Elements. A novel, transparent, two-layer solar film — possessing an

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