Transparent Solar Panels Record Efficiency

Transparent solar panels that could one day be used to generate renewable energy from buildings have reached a record breaking efficiency of 8 per cent researchers have said.

Transparent solar panels record efficiency.

Solar panels are mostly made of silicon. Rather than using silicon researchers from the university of michigan developed an organic carbon based design that hit a record breaking efficiency of 8 with a 43 3 transparency. Generating renewable energy from buildings via transparent solar panels is looking more and more promising. The former 2 efficiency of the photovoltaic transparent solar panel was also from the university of michigan.

A team from the university of michigan said they had also achieved 43 3 per cent transparency with their organic carbon based design rather than using conventional silicon. They broke the previous efficiency record and hit the all time high of 8 1 efficiency. In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources a team led by university of michigan researchers has set a new efficiency record for color neutral transparent solar cells. In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources a team led by university of michigan researchers has set a new efficiency record for color neutral transparent solar cells.

The team achieved 8 1 efficiency and 43 3 transparency with an organic or carbon based design rather than conventional silicon.