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"For as long as we’ve been capturing the sun’s rays, the clouds have been the
enemy. When the sky turns gray and the first drops fall, the steady stream of
electrons from traditional solar panels slows to a trickle. But a team of
scientists in Seville, Spain, has decided that instead of fighting the rain,
solar technology should embrace it.
Researchers from the Nanotechnology on Surfaces and Plasma Laboratory at the
Institute of Materials Science of Seville (ICMS) have developed a hybrid device
that actually feeds on downpours. By applying a specialized, “Teflon-like” film
just 100 nanometers thick to a high-efficiency perovskite solar cell, they have
created a panel that harvests light when it’s sunny and kinetic energy when it
pours.
The new panel utilizes the triboelectric effect. When a droplet strikes and
slides across the specially treated surface, it creates friction and has a
charge difference. For instance, a droplet may leave behind a positive ion
while the surface is negatively charged. The charge is then harvested and
converted into electricity."
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