Solar energy, one of the most preferred green energy solutions, poses a fundamentally important problem. The panels installed to take advantage of solar energy, due to the lack of light during the day, ‘at night Of course, there is no way it can store solar energy.

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 allows energy to be stored even at night. Let’s take a closer look at the new solution the team has developed.

The solar panel’s job is reversed at night

The team focused on collecting energy with solar panels at night and taking advantage of the night. On clear nights, the surface of solar panels infra-red radiation is allowed to spread freely in the air† To take advantage of this, 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 of small temperature difference It was possible to obtain a small amount of energy. The temperature carried by the photons mixed with the air of the panel to equalize the temperature difference between the air and the panel surface, was collected by the thermoelectric generator.

According to the team’s statement, the device that emerged would have one 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 it doesn’t stop there.