Power Glass
XsunX has developed very thin translucent coatings and films that create large area monolithic solar cell structures. This semi-transparency makes their so-called Power Glass glazing desirable for placing over glass, plastics, and other see-through structures. Using patented processes, such as reel-to-reel manufacturing techniques and multi-terminal cell structure designs, XsunX is working to commercialize large area cell manufacturing processes for thin film flexible plastics.
XsunX claims that Power Glass may provide as much as a 100% efficiency-to-cost gain over conventional opaque solar cells. This 100% gain in efficiency-to-cost is based on estimates of Power Glass solar cells operating at as much as 50% the efficiency of conventional opaque amorphous solar cells yet costing as little as 25% to produce. [via the XsunX website; suggested by Clayton Whitman, Seattle.]
Working on Earth Day craft projects can be a great activity for kids since getting them interested in ecologically important matters at an early age, through Earth Day programs and other means, can help to protect the environment in the future.
2 Comments:
I can hardly wait for this product to come on the market! I want to build an earth-sheltered home with windows all across the southern side. This would be a perfect application!
Becky, have you looked into a thing called an Earthship? It's basically what you are talking about, and it's completely off the grid generating it's own electricity and has its own waste processing on-site. It's even constructed mostly out of recycled materials. They have two videos on YouTube that explain the whole process.
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