Nano-technology Solar Panels
Nano-technology Solar Panels
A new nanocoating developed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute looks set to revolutionise the Solar Panel industry.
Conventional silicon solar panels absorb about two-thirds of the light that reaches them, while the new nanocoating enables solar panels to utilise 96.2 percent of the sunlight. In addition it can do it from any angle, so there's no need for the panels track the sun.
The treatment consists of seven coatings, each between 50 and 100 nanometers thick, made of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide nanorods that can be vaporised and deposited on almost any photovoltaic material.