{"id":228667,"date":"2026-01-09T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/new-3d-printed-solar-cells-for-windows-offer-semi-transparency"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:15:10","slug":"new-3d-printed-solar-cells-for-windows-offer-semi-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/new-3d-printed-solar-cells-for-windows-offer-semi-transparency","title":{"rendered":"New 3D-printed solar cells for windows offer semi-transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XMdeEpMCalk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These flexible cells achieve 9.2 percent energy efficiency while maintaining 35 percent transparency.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created semi-transparent, color-tunable solar cells.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, these can be 3D-printed onto windows, building fa\u00e7ades, and flexible surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>These panels shed the bulky, industrial look of solar arrays, giving designers the choice between a slightly transparent window or a vibrant, color-tinted architectural feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These flexible cells achieve 9.2 percent energy efficiency while maintaining 35 percent transparency. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created semi-transparent, color-tunable solar cells. Interestingly, these can be 3D-printed onto windows, building fa\u00e7ades, and flexible surfaces. These panels shed the bulky, industrial look of solar arrays, giving designers the choice between a slightly [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}