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Energy Harvesting: Optically Switchable Smart Windows with Integrated Photovoltaic Devices (Adv. Energy Mater. 3/2015)
Author(s) -
Kwon HyunKeun,
Lee KyuTae,
Hur Kahyun,
Moon Sung Hwan,
Quasim Malik M.,
Wilkinson Timothy D.,
Han JiYoung,
Ko Hyungduk,
Han IlKi,
Park Byoungnam,
Min Byoung Koun,
Ju ByeongKwon,
Morris Stephen M.,
Friend Richard H.,
Ko DooHyun
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201570013
Subject(s) - materials science , opacity , window (computing) , optoelectronics , layer (electronics) , liquid crystal , photovoltaic system , optics , energy (signal processing) , energy harvesting , nanotechnology , electrical engineering , physics , computer science , engineering , quantum mechanics , operating system
An optically controlled energy‐harvesting smart window that incorporates a semitransparent solar cell with a photosensitive liquid crystal layer is reported by Stephen M. Morris, Richard H. Friend, Doo‐Hyun Ko, and co‐workers in article number 1401347. When the sun shines on the window, the pitch of the liquid crystal layer is modulated and the window becomes transparent (day mode). In the dark, the window is opaque (night mode).