Solar battery receives 20% of its energy from the sun

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Solar battery receives 20% of its energy from the sun
July 14, 2015 by Lisa Zyga feature

(Left) Illustration of the new Li-I solar flow battery with an aqueous electrolyte, which compared to organic solvents has advantages in terms of performance, cost, and environmental friendliness. (Right) When the solar battery is exposed …more

(Phys.org)—Last October, researchers at Ohio State demonstrated the world's first solar battery—a solar cell and a lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery combined into a single device. The main attraction of the solar battery concept is that, because it can harvest, convert, and store solar energy as chemical energy all in one device, it eliminates losses that occur when transferring electrons between multiple devices. The researchers estimate that this integration can potentially reduce overall costs by about 25%.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-solar-battery-energy-sun.html#jCp
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[DarkFury]

I have a cousin named David that works at NASA on magnetic energy. That is some truly interesting stuff.