New Solar Panels That Work At Night

Rise of solar.

New solar panels that work at night.

For obvious reasons today s sun powered solar cells don t work at night. But researchers from the university of california davis believe that they may have come up with a solution. New solar panels work at night solar cells with efficiencies of 46. Nanoantennas replace solar cells.

Instead they continue to provide power through net metering in which surplus power is transferred to a public utility power. Despite the enormous untapped potential of solar energy one thing is for sure photovoltaics are only as good as the sun s rays shining upon them. Solar panels don t produce energy at night or when the sun is obscured. Because this new type of solar cell could potentially operate around the clock it is an intriguing option to balance the power grid over the day night cycle.

The us department of energy s idaho national laboratory in idaho falls says its.