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Researchers Produce Transparent Solar Cell
Hardocp ^ | Sunday July 22, 2012

Posted on 07/22/2012 1:13:44 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: UCANSEE2

The could also possibly replace your cellphone screen with this and recharge your phone as you’re using it.


21 posted on 07/22/2012 2:35:56 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Venturer
RE: "Meantime I am sure Obama will send them a research check"
I'm sure your suspicions are quite warranted. The goon has been so sold for so many years by so many greenies of all stripes he most probably thinks he and his gang of clowns in the White House are actually doing the right thing.
22 posted on 07/22/2012 2:41:28 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: aquila48

If I were building a house, I’d certainly consider a solar installation right from the start.


23 posted on 07/22/2012 2:44:10 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
so you can stack them??? that'd be a huge space saver...
24 posted on 07/22/2012 2:53:35 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: UCANSEE2
Are these cells UV resistant.

The problem with PVs are they never reach
power out/power in due to UV degradation.


25 posted on 07/22/2012 2:56:21 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: mazda77

“Battery storage, capacity and life cycle.”

You can still hook up to the utility as a backup.


26 posted on 07/22/2012 2:58:04 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48

Not directly. Solar cells produce DC voltage. You need an inverter and to provide a stable consistent current to the inverter it must be stored in addition to a charge controller so the batteries are not overcharged causing them to go bad. Batteries are always needed if you hope to provide any kind of power during darkness and less than optimal sun direction.


27 posted on 07/22/2012 3:17:52 PM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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Yes I understand you need a converter to hook up with the grid, but I don’t think you need batteries unless you want to go strictly solar.

When they do a solar installation in a home with on the grid there are no batteries involved.


28 posted on 07/22/2012 5:05:17 PM PDT by aquila48
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“When they do a solar installation in a home with on the grid there are no batteries involved.”

Right, and you can sell power back to the utilities at high daytime rates if you’re out of the house and set the AC high enough...

These might make a nice option for south-facing windows, to boost solar output a bit from square footage that otherwise would produce nothing. It’s also possible they could get efficiency over 4% down the road.


29 posted on 07/22/2012 7:40:39 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Pray for America!!!)
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