Solar Windows by New Energy Technologies

New Energy Technologies is developing the first-of-its kind SolarWindow technology, which enables see-thru windows to generate electricity by ‘spraying’ their glass surfaces with New Energy’s electricity-generating coatings.

New Energy researchers achieved a major ‘transparency’ breakthrough in the development of our SolarWindow technology, capable of generating electricity on see-thru glass. For the first time ever, scientists successfully developed and integrated transparent, environmentally-friendly compounds onto glass in order to collect the electricity generated on our SolarWindow™ -- an important function. To-date, the collection of electricity was possible only through the use of a metal contact, which blocked visibility and limited transparency.

Until our breakthrough, one of the biggest obstacles faced by researchers developing New Energy’s SolarWindow technology has been the presence of metal, an opaque material which blocks all visibility and prevents light from passing through glass. Eliminating metal has proved especially challenging since the metal component acts as the negative ‘polar contact’.

This important breakthrough replaces visibility-blocking metal with environmentally-friendly and more transparent compounds. These compounds now function as the negative polar contact and collect electricity from New Energy’s SolarWindow™.

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