Every hour, the Earth receives enough solar energy to meet global energy needs for an entire year. Unfortunately, most of this energy is not harnessed. Now researchers at the University of Sheffield, UK, have created a spray can convert any surface into a solar panel.
While the idea is not new, this is the first time it has proven to be feasible thanks to an innovative material called perovskite titanium trioxide and calcium may reduce drastically the current costs of solar energy.
Lidzey Professor David, who led the study, says that the perovskite has the potential to combine the high performance of silicon solar cells (material that currently dominates the market solar) with low production costs of organic photovoltaics.
perovskite solar cells could achieve an efficiency of 19%, which is well below the 25% that reaches the silicon. While the technology is still in development, is the first time the application of solar materials by spray efficiency reaches double digits.
Lindzey and his team aim perovskite spray applied to large scale, similar to the application of paint for automobiles or graphics printing manner. If successful, any surface in the near future; cars, houses, buildings, etc.. You might have the ability to reuse solar energy
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