A research team from the University of bath has created a new polymer that can store the heat of sunshine to be used when needed . The polymer material holds five times as much heat energy as water , creating a " thermal battery " . solar researchers have also made headway with a fatty polymer that can store energy for release when it is solidified via blue LED .
A research team from the University of Massachusetts has created a new polymer that can store the heat of sunshine to be used when needed. The AzoPMA material holds 200 times as much heat energy as water, creating a "thermal battery". MIT researchers have also made headway with a fatty compound that can store energy for release when it is solidified via blue LED.