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It may be more transparent than glass, but it's sitting on top of the glass, so it's not letting in more light. It only matters if it's better than other kinds
by Finnucane 2y ago
It may be more transparent than glass, but it's sitting on top of the glass, so it's not letting in more light. It only matters if it's better than other kinds of coatings you can get for windows now.
- AltruisticGapHN 2y agoWas confused by this as well.
- simiones 2y agoYes, there is some confusion there. The point they are making related to plants though is that, apparently, (some?) plants absorb diffuse light better than direct light. So, they claim that the photosynthesis efficiency would actually be enhanced by applying this extra layer to the glass, even though it still reduces the total amount of light going in (they haven't directly tested this, but they estimate the effect based on some other papers which quantified the efficiency of photosynthesis in diffuse vs direct light).