Transparent tech harvests energy from radio waves, sunlight for self-powering devices
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A new transparent device can harvest energy from both radio waves and sunlight, potentially powering various wireless devices. The technology combines a rectifying metasurface system with a solar cell, achieving 19.64% efficiency at 2.4 GHz and 7.92% at 5.8 GHz while maintaining 80% optical transparency and boosting solar power output by 13.11%.
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