Colorless and Unidirectional Solar Concentrator (IMAGE)

Chinese Society for Optical Engineering

Colorless and Unidirectional Solar Concentrator

Caption

This semi-transparent solar concentrator uses liquid crystal films to reflect and guide circularly polarized sunlight, enabling colorless energy harvesting for next-generation green buildings.

Credit

Center for Liquid Crystal and Photonics/ Nanjing University

Usage Restrictions

Credit must be given to the creator.

License

CC BY

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