A new miracle solution that blocks heat and generates energy ... a transparent film that is sprayed on glass homes
A team of researchers in Australia has created a transparent film that is sprayed on the glass of homes, which helps block heat and generate energy.
The study team from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, confirmed that the new ultra-thin coating that they succeeded in creating could compete with the currently applied technologies in the field of smart windows and heat-shielding glass, which rely on transparent electrodes.
The study team leader, Professor Enrico della Gaspera, said that the new technology could significantly reduce the cost of making energy-saving glass that is currently dependent on expensive and time-consuming raw materials.
He added, "The ultimate goal of the new technology is to create smart windows that are easily accessible, which will help reduce energy costs and reduce the carbon footprint of new homes."
The traditional manufacturing method for smart windows relies on indium, which is a rare and expensive material, as well as slow and expensive glass emptying methods, but the new method that the Australian research team found depends on tin oxide with mixing it with other types of chemicals, which helps to make it more transparent. And better at generating power, according to the technology website TechExplore.
The study team explained that the new transparent coating, whose thickness is 100 times less than the thickness of a human hair, allows only visible light rays to pass through, and does not allow the passage of harmful ultraviolet or infrared rays that transmit heat.