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3M Transparent Solar Windows to Charge Your Gadgets

Courtesy: solarenenergyutilize.blogspot.com

Slowly it seems that solar power is emerging and sometimes unexpected forms. In this case, 3M shows a new type of transparent solar panels that can attach to a window literally. The panels have an efficiency such as a square meter is capable of recharging the battery of a current smartphone while receiving sunlight.

The funny thing is that this changes the way we understand the traditional solar panels that until now were composed of large plates difficult to install in specific buildings. With such an invention would be literally invisible panels and open to the possibility of use in a home with an internal battery that is charged during the day, also seem much more simple to install.

The drawback of these panels is that they get 20% less energy than traditional solar panels, but at the sale price will be half. This is interesting, because like any new technology over time reducing the price just as it popularized its use. You can easily imagine the surface of a building covered with these transparent panels without making their presence converted into high walls or electric power generators smaller versions that you can incorporate in cars or as covers for laptops.

The most interesting is that 3M just showed the Japanese sample Ceatec a few days ago, but will be available commercially in a few months.

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