{"id":5502,"date":"2016-04-10T20:39:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T10:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2017-10-25T08:26:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:56:51","slug":"weather-graphene-solar-panels-will-generate-energy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/weather-graphene-solar-panels-will-generate-energy-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"All-weather graphene solar panels will generate energy from rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/solar-panels-rain.jpg\" alt=\"solar array in the rain\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/solar-panels-rain.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/solar-panels-rain-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>The performance of solar cells is often determined by the range of weather conditions. However a breakthrough by Chinese scientists has brought closer the practicality of solar cells being able to generate energy during&#8230; wait for it&#8230;<strong> both sunny and rainy days.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The aim was to develop a solar cell that would work efficiently under any weather conditions, said study lead author Qunwei Tang, of the Ocean University of China in Qingdao with the remarkable all-weather cells coated with graphene to make them effectively generate energy from rain.<\/p>\n<p>From the abstract of the report published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/wol1\/doi\/10.1002\/anie.201602114\/references\" target=\"_blank\">International Edition of Angewandte Chemie<\/a> (warning: take a deep breath)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA flexible solar cell is presented that is triggered by combining an electron-enriched graphene electrode with a dye-sensitized solar cell. The new solar cell can be excited by incident light on sunny days and raindrops on rainy days, yielding an optimal solar-to-electric conversion efficiency of 6.53\u2009% under AM\u20051.5 irradiation and current over microamps as well as a voltage of hundreds of microvolts by simulated raindrops.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Put simply, the important factor is that raindrops are not just water. They contain a range of salts that form positively and negatively-charged ions from such compounds as sodium, calcium and ammonium. The atom-thin graphene coating on the cells is placed on efficient cells that have been dye-sensitised. The graphene layer attracts the positively-charged ions in the rainwater.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to the study, graphene \u201c&#8230;is characterized by its unusual electronic properties: It conducts electricity and is rich in electrons that can move freely across the entire layer (delocalized).\u201d This allows the atomic-scale form of carbon to bind positively-charged ions with electrons, said the report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFuture solar cells may produce electricity in all weather,\u201d Tang says as he and his team set the stage for future development of all-weather graphene solar cells. While still in development mode, the graphene-coated cells could bring the dream of all-weather solar cells generating energy from the rain as well as the sun just a little closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The performance of solar cells is often determined by the range of weather conditions. 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