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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

University of California - Davis: New Research Explains How Solar Panels Could Soon Be Generating Power at Night

Title:
New Research Explains How Solar Panels Could Soon Be Generating Power at Night

Author:
David Nield

Published:
Science Alert, 4 February 2020

From the article:
"As beneficial as current solar panel technology has been in our quest to switch to renewable energy, such panels can't generate electricity at night. Now, new research suggests it could be possible to design panels that can operate around the clock."

To read this article:
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-solar-panels-could-soon-be-generating-power-at-night/amp

Scholarly paper:
Deppe, T. & Munday, J.N. (November 2019). Nighttime photovoltaic cells: electrical power generation by optically coupling with deep space. ACS Photonics, volume 7, number 1, pp.1-9.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b00679