95% performance of regular cells or 95% performance of turning light into electricity? It sounds like the latter but it can only be the former.
All this and more, for the low low price of actually reading the article:
It enables complex visual patterns while also retaining approximately 95 percent of the power output of an uncoated module.
The latter is physically impossible.
And the use case is only for visual appeal? Good for those who need that. Probably can add advertisement on it to make it cheaper? I’m fine with normal looking one. Maybe it is beneficial, as it might reduce the performance at first but might keep temperatures lower and so increases efficiency again? Solar power is just great and it should get to a point where there is no more question about if it is worth it and will just get added to every roof that gets sun.
Personal taste doesn’t matter when you have to deal with American HOAs or the German Denkmalschutz (Monument Protection Agency). This tech is a godsend.
There are plenty of people who seem to only manage to conjure up “but they’re ugly” as reasons to not have panels and policy supporting their adoption
Sometimes it’s worth something existing simply to reduce the arguments against it
A lot of people take pride in the appearance of their house, and solar panels could totally alter the appearance of a house, especially one designed in a particular architectural style.
Yeah, make it look cooler. Solar panels still look like fancy future tech to me. I’m always reminded of the ISS. So I stand by it, they just look cool.
to me
That’s the issue right there.