EnSol AS, a company in Bergen, Norway, working with the University of Leicester (U.K.) Department of Physics and Astronomy has developed and patented a thin film solar technology that can generate electric power when applied to common glass windows.
The material developed by EnSol is composed of metal nanoparticles embedded in a transparent composite matrix. The company says it has the capability to be coated as a thin film on windows in buildings to produce power on a large scale.
EnSol has patented the technology and seeks to commercialize it by 2016. In the collaboration, the University of Leicester physicists will synthesize the material developed by EnSol, to produce quantities for prototypes.
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Spraying thin film solar cell technology is a step ahead in replacing solar glass panels which absorb energy from the sun. If this technology really works as planned, it could help the industrial settings largely where the buildings are in need of solar panels.