Transparent Solar Cells Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:02:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ubiquitous Energy’s Transparent Stick-On Solar Cells Power iPads https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ubiquitous-energy-transparent-solar-cells-20130301/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ubiquitous-energy-transparent-solar-cells-20130301/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:02:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34323 Stick-on solar cell, a revolutionary new technology under development by startup company Ubiquitous Energy, could provide continuous supply of power to mobile devices and tablets throughout the day. In order to maintain a completely transparent screen, the solar cells let all visible light pass through and collect only the light from the ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths. According […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ubiquitous-energy-transparent-solar-cells-20130301/feed/ 0 34323 Ubiquitous Energy’s Transparent Solar Cells Just a Matter of Time https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ubiquitous-energy-solar-cells-20130226/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ubiquitous-energy-solar-cells-20130226/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:47:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34026 New startup Ubiquitous Energy is developing a host of technologies that enable seamless deployment of light-harvesting functionality. The company aims to develop affordable, transparent coatings and films that have the ability to harvest light energy when used on windows or screens of tablet devices or e-readers. Ubiquitous Energy created photovoltaics that take up light to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ubiquitous-energy-solar-cells-20130226/feed/ 1 34026 Novartis New Jersey Now Has Transparent Solar Roof https://www.greenoptimistic.com/novartis-new-jersey-now-has-transparent-solar-roof-20121024/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/novartis-new-jersey-now-has-transparent-solar-roof-20121024/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:05:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27138 The new headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Novartis in New Jersey is reaching new heights by installing the largest transparent solar roof in the US. The transparent solar cells that will cover the roof will be provided by the German company Sunways, who specialize in building-integrated photovoltaic applications. This is going to be the biggest […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/novartis-new-jersey-now-has-transparent-solar-roof-20121024/feed/ 0 27138 New Transparent Solar Cells Can be Sprayed Onto Any Glass Surface https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-transparent-solar-cells-can-be-sprayed-onto-any-glass-surface-20100114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-transparent-solar-cells-can-be-sprayed-onto-any-glass-surface-20100114/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:01:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6268 Researchers at New Energy Technologies have recently developed transparent solar cells which can be sprayed onto any type of glass. They successfully removed all metals from the solar cell and replaced them with an environmentally-friendly see-thru compound.

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