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Organic Dye Turns Windows into Sun Catchers
http://www.futuristyx.com/story.aspx?tpc=Science&sid=1349
Submitted by transfuture
13 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours ago
Organic dyes have been used to harvest the sunlight streaming through the windows in your home. Up to 20% of the light can be captured and redirected to photovoltaic cells around the edge of the window, creating electricity. The idea is to coat ordinary glass with an organic dye, allowing a large area of light to be captured then focused onto a small cell, a much more efficient method than using traditional photovoltaic cells.
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