scipaUse windows that double as solar panels
July 15th 2008 00:31
Instead of using semiconductors in the window to form solar cells, blocking the light, researchers from MIT have designed an organic film layer that absorbs certain wavelengths of light, then re-emits them at a different wavelength, which are then collected at the edge of the window.
It makes a lot of sense in a country like Australia, where there's 300 days of sunshine, and air-conditioning takes a lot of energy... this method of collecting solar energy at the window allows some of this sunlight to be siphoned off, allowing enough natural light to illuminate the interior.
Good ideas! Can this be commercialized? Certainly there's a market for it in Australia, where there's significant pressure for businesses to go green.
"Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston said that the “solar concentrator” is made from a film of organic molecules that can be coated on to glass window panes or other surfaces exposed to sunlight. This allows light to pass straight through the window even though it is being used to generate power. "
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I just hope they don't price their invention too high for it to become another wasted technology.
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Market, inevitably it'll be priced high, but good manufacturing will lower costs, as always...
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