A group of researchers has succeeded in developing a revolutionary solar panel that will allow energy to be stored even at night. With its simplest explanation, the panel performs the exact opposite of what it does during the day, at night. An additional device on the panel turns this reverse process into energy.
Solar energy, which is one of the most preferred among green energy solutions, hosts a fundamentally important problem. The panels installed to take advantage of solar energy, due to the lack of light during the daytime, at night Naturally, it cannot store solar energy in any way.
Researcher Sid Assawaworrarit, an electrical engineer, and his colleagues call it a new and revolutionary solution managed to find it. The team developed a new solution that enables energy storage even at night. Let’s take a closer look at the new solution the team has developed.
The task of the solar panel is reversed at night
Focusing on collecting energy with solar panels at night, the team took advantage of the night. On clear nights, the surface of solar panels infrared radiation allowed to spread freely into the air. Wanting to turn this into an advantage, the team combined a standard panel with a thermoelectric generator.
With the emerging new product, the ambient air between the surface of the solar panel from small temperature difference It was possible to obtain a small amount of energy. To equalize the temperature difference between the air and the panel surface, the temperature carried by the photons mixed into the air from the panel, was captured by the thermoelectric generator.
According to the statement made by the team, with the device that emerged, a solar panel per square meter in the open air. The energy offered has reached 50 mW. The team explained that this level is a record, but they will not stop there.
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