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Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’ (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the reason that solar panels are black is that most of the incoming energy from the sun comes as visible light. If we leave that light unabsorbed, we loose out.

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 3 points 11 months ago

Transparent solar panels make more energy than no solar panels.