In a world that relies on batteries and energy supplies, there's something quite attractive about the idea of a transparent surface that can harness the power of the sun. Think about it — the windows ...

When the idea of transparent solar panels first floated, it was seen as a futuristic technology that would help harness energy. Think of having your glass windows, car windshield, or even the screens ...

South Korea has unveiled their first invisible solar panel in history and the scientists behind these invisible solar panels are believed to have created a breakthrough in photovoltaic cells so much ...

A Michigan State University research team has finally created a truly transparent solar panel — a breakthrough that could soon usher in a world where windows, panes of glass, and even entire buildings ...

The development of a fully transparent solar panel by the Scientists of Michigan State aims to harness the power of the sun due to it being eco friendly and limitless. Without the downside of shadows ...

A UCLA team has developed a new type of solar cell that is nearly 70 percent transparent to the naked eye. The plastic cells, which use infrared instead of visible light, are also more economical than ...

Solar panels and solar power-generating windows are a couple of things people have come up with to take advantage of the Sun, but now a team of engineering researchers from Michigan State University ...

Sunlight is everywhere, but so far our efforts to harvest its energy have been restricted to solar farms and rooftop panels. A new analysis shows that transparent solar technologies that can be ...

I love solar energy. Thanks to solar energy, on average, I’ve not had to pay for electricity for the last two years. Just because solar is already pretty good, though, doesn’t mean that it can’t be ...

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A team of architects have created a ‘transparent cement’ that lets light pour into a room so that the walls look like giant windows. The material, called i.light, has dozens of tiny holes in it which ...