Solar powered Transparent Batteries 1

Scientists from Japan unveiled a solar powered transparent lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery.

They will use the new technology to create an almost transparent “smart window,” acting both as a photovoltaic cell and as a large-area rechargeable battery.

The battery was exhibited at Innovation Japan 2015 and the project is led by Mitsunobu Sato, president of Kogakuin University and professor at the Department of Applied Physics.

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