Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Solar-collecting windows could make office buildings and skyscrapers more energy efficient, but harnessing solar power while retaining transparency ...

Scientists in China have invented a new type of coating that can turn standard windows into solar panels. The discovery could supercharge the global clean energy transition, according to the team from ...

Researchers created transparent solar windows that capture sunlight at the edges, cutting PV cell needs while keeping buildings visually unchanged. The device, called a cholesteric unidirectional ...

Imagine a car whose windows and sunroof can help top up its battery while parked under the sun, or a pair of smart glasses whose lenses can harvest light to power built-in electronics. Such ...

(Nanowerk News) Buildings account for a large share of global energy consumption, yet many of their surfaces, especially windows, remain unused for energy generation. Semi-transparent solar cells ...

Solar-collecting windows could make office buildings and skyscrapers more energy efficient, but harnessing solar power while retaining transparency is a tricky engineering problem. A new study from ...