An international team of researchers has developed the concept of dual solar panels that can produce energy at any time of the day. When the Sun shines, they absorb the energy of its radiation, but in the dark themselves become a source of energy. But the other, the heat, and will catch a special add-in.
It is sad to observe how of all the energies of our stars of the solar panels consume only a small fraction, with parameters from the region of the visible spectrum. Despite the fact that the existing design takes place behind the Sun, and, logically, are the best receivers of its emission from manmade. Why not teach them also to accumulate energy outside the visible spectrum – for example, the heat?
Working with infrared is interesting because the night-warmed Earth and all objects on it for a relatively cold space themselves become sources of energy. The same one that was received the day of the Sun – we just have to put teplonositel, and exactly where and accumulated energy. That is, straight on the solar panel, and more specifically, to integrate directly into their structure.
The developed technology can collect up to 25 % of the amount of energy that the solar panel receives during the full light of day – a very impressive result. In modern cities not so much free space, so double the use of solar panels promises obvious benefits.
Source — Inverse