Transparent Windows that can generate Solar Power
Posted: 28 Jul 2016, 09:06
We’re One Step Closer to Transparent Windows That Can Generate Solar Power:
This week, SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. announced an ‘invisible’ system for transporting electricity within the company’s transparent organic coatings, which are applied in thin layers onto glass surfaces. The SolarWindow™ Intra-Connection System moves electricity generated in the coating to ‘invisible wires,’ which in turn transport electricity to the edge of the glass and connect to building electrical systems. The Intra-Connection System creates a discreet pattern of microscopic channels that are virtually invisible to the human eye at approximately 50 micometers (µm) wide. With the announcement, SolarWindow Technologies released high-power optical microscopy images to demonstrate that the channels are roughly half the width of the average human hair. The entire system is embedded in the ultra-thin layers of the company’s electricity-generating coatings; the channels allow efficient transport of electricity within them. Currently, conventional methods produce intra-connections that can be as much as ten times thicker (up to 500 µm wide), which leads to highly visible channels that are aesthetically unappealing and yield poor electron flow, according to SolarWindow Technologies. The company also claims that these traditional approaches have used chemical or mechanical systems to form those connections, which can be slow, unreliable and prone to wear and tear.
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This week, SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. announced an ‘invisible’ system for transporting electricity within the company’s transparent organic coatings, which are applied in thin layers onto glass surfaces. The SolarWindow™ Intra-Connection System moves electricity generated in the coating to ‘invisible wires,’ which in turn transport electricity to the edge of the glass and connect to building electrical systems. The Intra-Connection System creates a discreet pattern of microscopic channels that are virtually invisible to the human eye at approximately 50 micometers (µm) wide. With the announcement, SolarWindow Technologies released high-power optical microscopy images to demonstrate that the channels are roughly half the width of the average human hair. The entire system is embedded in the ultra-thin layers of the company’s electricity-generating coatings; the channels allow efficient transport of electricity within them. Currently, conventional methods produce intra-connections that can be as much as ten times thicker (up to 500 µm wide), which leads to highly visible channels that are aesthetically unappealing and yield poor electron flow, according to SolarWindow Technologies. The company also claims that these traditional approaches have used chemical or mechanical systems to form those connections, which can be slow, unreliable and prone to wear and tear.
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