New Energy’s Latest SolarWindow Lead to Increased Transparency, Improved Color

New Energy Technologies, Inc. announced that researchers developing its SolarWindow technology, capable of generating electricity on see-through glass, have developed a first-ever working prototype using brand new electricity-generating coatings which lead to increased transparency and enhanced color – attributes important to consumer acceptance of a commercially viable product.

“Improved transparency and color of our SolarWindow coatings allows for the development of a consumer-popular product which generates electricity on see-through glass while mimicking the aesthetic look of today’s popular window tint and films,” explained John A. Conklin, president and CEO of New Energy Technologies, Inc. “I’m most pleased that our researchers are not only working towards functionality but an attractive SolarWindow as well.”

Researchers developing SolarWindow have successfully coated the glass surface of a working lab-scale prototype with newly-discovered, organic electricity-generating coatings comprised primarily of hydrogen and carbon. These new coatings favorably influence various electronic, electrochemical, and optical properties of SolarWindow, essential to producing a highly transparent and aesthetically pleasing soft window tint and color.

New Energy researchers have made many significant technical strides, culminating in inventions that are the subject of 10 new patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Among such SolarWindow-related inventions is the discovery of novel coatings which remain see-through while generating electricity and can be sprayed on to glass surfaces. Unlike temperature and pressure sensitive manufacturing required in the production of other solar-photovoltaic products, New Energy’s electricity-generating coatings can be applied by spray at room-temperature – important to keeping manufacturing costs low.