Researchers have developed a silicon solar cell that can harvest energy created from falling raindrops, according to an article published in ACS Nano . Scientists from China Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based “The hybrid energy harvesting system’s integrated electrode configuration can combine the advantages of high current level of a solar cell and high voltage of a TENG device,” states the paper’s abstract, “promising an efficient approach to collect energy from the environment in different weather conditions.” the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials and Soochow University , the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials and Soochow University improved previous efforts to develop the technology by combining a silicon heterojunction solar cell with a triboelectric nanogenerator ( the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials and Soochow University ), while a polymer material, placed between the 2.14 conducted energy from the TENG to the solar cell.
Researchers have developed a silicon solar cell that can harvest energy created from falling raindrops, according to an article published in ACS Nano . Scientists from China Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials and Soochow University , the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials and Soochow University improved previous efforts to develop the technology by combining a silicon heterojunction solar cell with a triboelectric nanogenerator ( the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials and Soochow University ), while a polymer material, placed between the 2.14 conducted energy from the TENG to the solar cell.