New Energy Technologies, a developer of innovative renewable energy technologies, announces that a working lab-scale prototype has been designed by researchers using the latest electricity-generating coatings.
The new coatings offer improved color and transparency, which are important features to develop a consumer-popular product. The development advances the SolarWindow technology that is used to produce a commercially viable product, which is capable of generating electricity on see-through glass.
Researchers involved in developing New Energy’s SolarWindow technology have applied new organic electricity-generating coatings on the glass surface of a working prototype. The coatings are made of carbon and hydrogen and they positively influence several optical, electrochemical and electronic properties of SolarWindow. The coatings offer an aesthetically pleasing appearance of fashionable window tint and colors. The development of the first ever 1'X1' prototype is a significant breakthrough for researchers developing the SolarWindow. The brand new coatings from New Energy enable application by spray technique at room-temperature, which minimizes manufacturing costs.
The company’s scientists have recently analyzed successful generation of electricity on flexible plastic with the use of New Energy’s spray-on coating techniques. They applied the electricity-generating coatings on a lightweight, elastic plastic material such as PET at low pressure and at room temperature. Researchers expect that the electricity-generating flexible plastic developed for commercial applications can be used as a tinted window film while remaining transparent throughout the process.