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“One way solar could soon become more widely used would be to integrate solar panels onto a wider array of commonplace materials and technologies without inconveniencing the ways we currently use those things today. “
Even though over two-thirds of Americans feel the government should do more to protect against climate change, most are unwilling - sometimes defiant - to change their collective energy routines drastically due to inconvenience. Some rooted in practical issues (i.e - not enough EV power stations, bad locations for alternative energies, general power supplies), others…not so much.
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If achieved, energy harvesting devices could be discreetly placed on top of windows, display screens, or even human skin
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However, a team of researchers in Japan have now made promising steps toward solving this transparency issue
The process is based on a conductive material called Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), which is both transpare...
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With their manufacturing approach, Kato’s team made the device over 1,000 times more effective at converting incoming light into electrical energy than existing ITO-based solar cells.
The team’s choice of materials was far more transparent than previous designs: allowing so...
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If the material becomes more commercially viable in the future, Kato’s team believes it could one day be integrated into phones and other everyday electronics.
(for now, I guess I’ll just ...
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