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Environment & Energy

Spitfire of ATJ

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9. That's the point. It's not tranparent to infrared.

Reply to PamW (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 01:27 AM

Jul 2012

Any color in any object you can name has that color because it absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum EXCEPT the color of the object itself which it reflects back and that is why it is seen by the eye as that color. This thing must be in the color of infrared.

Now the question is if they can make it economically viable for owners of highrises to consider replacing all of the glass in the building with this stuff.

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UCLA researchers create highly transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity [View all] OKIsItJustMe Jul 2012 OP

Awesome. silverweb Jul 2012 #1

Yes!!! This is great news! And lately great news is hard to find. jillan Jul 2012 #2

Use this for cellphone screens drm604 Jul 2012 #3

o.0 AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #7

I don't understand your post. drm604 Jul 2012 #12

Even a 100% dedicated solar panel of that size is useless to keep your phone topped off. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #13

Then just explain that rather than posting some cryptic characters. drm604 Jul 2012 #21

cool. nt limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #4

GE will buy it and squash it. nm rhett o rick Jul 2012 #5

LOW EFFICIENCY!! PamW Jul 2012 #6

I'll take 20-25% AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #8

These cells don't get 20% PamW Jul 2012 #15

I mean, I'll take 20% opacity. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #17

That's the point. It's not tranparent to infrared. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #9

WRONG!!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!! PamW Jul 2012 #14

"Word to the wise; don't try to contradict a PhD Physicist like myself" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #18

There were tons of PhD Physicists who were saying the sound barrier couldn't be broken. Nederland Jul 2012 #20

MYTH - "Old Wives Tale" PamW Aug 2012 #29

They talked about the "sonic wall" and a lot of pilots died trying to break through. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #30

Difficult vs Impossible PamW Aug 2012 #31

Why don't you go back even further. Some scientists claimed going over 60mpg Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #32

Infra-red energies are less than the band gap PamW Jul 2012 #16

"None of the infra-red photons have enough energy to cross the band gap." Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #19

Error! AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #22

Perhaps you should take the time to read the actual paper (rather than the press release.) OKIsItJustMe Jul 2012 #23

Exactly what I wanted to see... PamW Jul 2012 #24

Most office windows are shaded anyways XemaSab Jul 2012 #25

But in the infrared? Exen Trik Jul 2012 #10

Again... PamW Jul 2012 #27

How efficiently do your windows produce electricity today? OKIsItJustMe Jul 2012 #11

The problem is... PamW Jul 2012 #26

"The problem is that you pay for the electric production with decreased light input to the room." OKIsItJustMe Aug 2012 #28