Power & Energy
Solar Cell Turns Raindrops Into Energy
Power & EnergySolar Cell Turns Raindrops Into EnergySolar Cell Turns Raindrops Into Energy
Chinese engineers have developed a solar panel that can harvest energy not only from the sun but also from raindrops. Researchers in Qingdao, China, achieved this by adding a layer of graphene over a dye-sensitized solar cell to react with compounds in rainwater to produce an electrical charge.
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