Boron nitride (BN) is one of that interesting class of materials that can be both a semiconductor and transparent -- like the tin compounds which make the see-through transistors in LCDs.

Back in August 2014, researchers at Michigan State University created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone's screen) into a ...

The new solar cell is almost 70% transparent to visible light -- in the picture above, the plastic, flexible cell is shown next to a clear piece of glass.

The first fully transparent solar cell harnesses wavelengths of light that are invisible to the human eye in order to generate power. Skip to main content Menu ...

'Transparent solar cells' can take us towards a new era of personalized energy. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 11 / 201102173239.htm ...

CitySolar, and EU-funded research project, has teamed up with the University of Southern Denmark to produce transparent solar cells that can turn modern office budlings into energy producing hubs ...

A neutral-colored, transparent c-Si substrate was used to develop the new cell, which is said to have an efficiency of up to 12.2%. December 12, 2019 Emiliano Bellini ...

The team's 16 cm² transparent solar cell module achieved a peak power conversion efficiency of 15.8 percent while maintaining an average visible transmittance of 20 percent.

This isn’t the first transparent electrode design for bifacial solar cells. However, previously proposed approaches used materials such as indium tin oxide (ITO) that are expensive and fragile.

Other solar cells at sea. Not only the U.S. Navy can benefit from the invention: In the North Sea, solar cells float with the movement of the waves as part of future green energy solutions.