Transparent Solar Panels Record Efficiency

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.

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. 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. 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.

Researchers used an organic carbon based design of solar panels that led to this incredible breakthrough. The former 2 efficiency of the photovoltaic transparent solar panel was also from the university of michigan. Solar panels are mostly made of silicon. They broke the previous efficiency record and hit the all time high of 8 1 efficiency.

Generating renewable energy from buildings via transparent solar panels is looking more and more promising.