Transparent Solar Cells

There is a new solar cell that has been made by researchers in Michigan State University back in August 2014 that is completely transparent. The researchers have said that it can be used on “tall buildings with lots of windows or any kind of mobile device that demands high aesthetic quality like a phone or e-reader.”

Transparent Solar Cell

They are now getting closer to releasing this out on the market. Since it is very hard to produce a transparent solar cell, they have used transparent luminescent solar concentrator (TLSC) that is composed of organic salts that absorb specific ultraviolet wavelengths. It now only has a efficiency of 1%, but they hope to have 10% in the future when production begins. 

How light passes through the solar cell

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