Electricity production with solar cells even at night!
New research explains how Solar panels They can generate electricity even at night. However, there is still a long way to go to properly advance this technology.
Engineers with TTechnology of solar panels Until today, they could not even at night energy produce. But new research shows that it is possible to design panels that can work around the clock. According to this new study, in Optimal conditions These cells Photovoltaic Can at night, a quarter energy produced per day.
To achieve this goal, Heating cells produced that can produce energy. Where the radiation Infrared or heat, leaves the cell and some energy creates in this process
Heating cells are currently used in various fields such as the conversion of wasted energy.
The electrical engineers of this project say: We wondered what would happen if we pointed one of these devices at the sky.
To achieve this effect with infrared rays, we use different materials Conventional solar panels And we desperately needed to focus visible light. The next step was to figure out how to combine materials with electronics to produce an effective screen that could use the night sky.
According to researchers, one Solar cell Ordinary by absorbing sunlight, energy produces and causes voltage to appear inside the device. In these new cells, light is emitted and current and voltage move in the opposite direction energy is produced.
According to researchers' calculations, Solar farms They can produce up to 50 watts of energy per square meter under ideal conditions.
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