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DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS

Shades of transparency

Nature Energy volume 5, pages 428–429 (2020)Cite this article

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Dye-sensitized solar cells are promising as power-generating solar windows yet their fixed transparency prevents control of indoor lighting and temperature. Researchers now present a device that dynamically self-adjusts its optical transmittance with sunlight intensity, opening up a way to energy-efficient self-powered building façades.

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Fig. 1: Self-adjusting transmittance in photochromic dye sensitized solar cells.

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