While sustainable solar energy can potentially meet our global power needs, it has one major flaw. When sunlight disappears, solar panels stop generating electricity. The problem is that while they do an excellent job of converting light into power, they are not so good at storing the energy they collect.

To prove that their innovation works, the team ran several tests. In a solar simulator, it achieved a photothermal efficiency of 91.27%, meaning almost all the light hitting it became usable heat.

  • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    2 days ago

    Cool tech/ideas. Not very practical.

    Storing your excess energy in batteries for the night after the sun goes down is far, far, far more economical and practical and already in use.

    • rako@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
      3·
      2 days ago

      Considering how much of energy is used for heating, this might still be interesting. But probably not for electricity generation