Efficient power generation glass
Building windows and curtain walls have transparent power generation efficiency exceeding 20%.
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Key innovations
This technological innovation lies in turning glass into a high-efficiency power generation battery (>20% efficiency) through simple coating while maintaining high light transmittance, achieving the perfect integration of building materials and energy production.
Potential economic benefits
Significantly reduce building energy consumption and electricity expenses, and enhance property value. In the future, excess electricity can be sold to generate income, and the coating process can be simplified or production costs can be reduced.
Potential climate benefits
This power generation glass directly converts solar energy into electricity, replacing fossil fuel electricity, significantly reducing building electricity and carbon emissions.
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Shanghai Institute of Silicate, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Shanghai Institute of Silicate, Chinese Academy of Sciences, focuses on the research of advanced inorganic materials and supports high-tech industries and major national needs.
Shanghai，China
Solution details
1. application field
Architectural windows and glass curtain walls and other fields.
2. technical characteristics
After simple coating and other processes, glass products are transformed into power generation batteries and maintain a certain transmittance in the visible light range without affecting the basic light transmission function of building windows or glass curtain walls.
3. performance Index
The photoelectric conversion efficiency of translucent power generation glass exceeds 20%.
4. current state
Laboratory development has been completed and engineering scale-up is underway.
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11:57:29, Nov 04, 2025
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