Converting solar energy to electricity on demand

Описание: The researchers behind an energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to eighteen years and release it when and where it is needed have now taken the system a step further. After previously demonstrating how the energy can be extracted as heat, they have now succeeded in getting the system to produce electricity, by connecting it to a thermoelectric generator. Eventually, the research – developed at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden – could lead to self-charging electronics using stored solar energy on demand.

For more information contact:

Zhihang Wang, Post Doc, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
[email protected]

Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
[email protected]


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Interview with Professor Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Chalmers University of Technology.
Short video explaining the concept and the breakthrough.
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Video clips from Kasper Moth-Poulsen's lab with researchers Zhihang Wang and Maria Quant.
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Images from the lab, featuring the concept and researchers Maria Quant and Zhihang Wang.
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Chalmers University of Technology | Per Erséus, Språng kommunikation

Credit for illustration: Chalmers University of Technology | Daniel Spacek, neuroncollective.com
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