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A Smarter Way to Use Sunlight: Array Pushes Solar Deep into Buildings

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A pair of University of Cincinnati researchers want you to see the light — even if you're in an unlit, interior, windowless room. The new technology, called SmartLight, involves a narrow grid of tiny, electrofluidic cells self-powered by embedded photovoltaics and applied near the top of a window. These open-air "ducts" help sunlight to illuminate windowless work spaces deep inside office buildings. The grid can be applied to any building — big or small, old or new, residential or commercial — and the excess energy can be harnessed, stored and directed to other...Read full article

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    Published: November 2013
    AmericasAnton HarfmannCasaClimaelectrofluidicenergyenergy conservationenergy conversiongreen photonicsGreenLightJason HeikenfeldMaterials & Chemicalsmobile appphotovoltaicsResearch & TechnologySensors & DetectorsSmartLightsmartphonesolar efficiencyUniversity of Cincinnatiwindowless work spaces

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