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The presence of semiconducting materials on a surface exposed to daylight could potentially generate electricity.
Were essentially transforming materials into something else, perhaps approaching the dream of the alchemist!
This development may pave the way for windows to function as single-material light-harvesting and sensing devices in the future.
This isnt the first such time glass has been used to generate energy.
Polysolar manufactures transparent solar panels that are essentially glass with solar panels built into them.
Its not the same however, as the new technology uses just one material, rather than a combination.
