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MIT Designs Solar Power Producing Windows, Coming Within 3 Years

Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:05

There is much ongoing research into making photovoltaic solar power, common among commercial business and residential installations, more efficient. While many focus on the cells themselves, MIT researchers are focusing on a different approach by changing the places where cells can be deployed and how light gets to them.

MIT researchers built upon previous research into colored dyes from the 1970s and created special glass panels. Each panel absorbs a different wavelength of light and carries it to solar cells. The result: the first potentially viable solar windows.

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