An all-in-one device capable of capturing, storing and using energy from the sun is getting closer to viability, according to scientists.
The team boasts a 40 per cent improvement over what was previously the most efficient solar-flow battery.At the time, the highest performing large scale solar cells rated at around 24 per cent efficiency.
The tandem perovskite/silicon solar cells designed and fabricated by Professor Anita Ho-Baillie at the University of Sydney Nano Institute and by postdoc researcher Dr Jianghui Zheng at UNSW were paired with specially designed chemical battery components in the new and improved device. It’s hoped further improvements in solar-flow devices could bring a “competitive, decentralised” approach to electrifying rural areas.
There are also investments being made in large scale “solar farms” intended to feed into the national energy grid and power more than just an individual home.
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