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Green light wavelength-selective organic solar tech for greenhouses (www.pv-magazine.com)

submitted 2 months ago by ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A research team at Osaka University in Japan has developed green light wavelength-selective organic solar cells (OSCs) that transmit blue and red light necessary for crop growth and use green light, which contributes only a little to photosynthesis, for power generation.

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[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

If this works, could you theoretically cover crop fields in solar panels as well? That's a ton of usable space