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Engineered wood provides solar power even after the sun goes down (techxplore.com)

submitted 4 months ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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To prove that their innovation works, the team ran several tests. In a solar simulator, it achieved a photothermal efficiency of 91.27%, meaning almost all the light hitting it became usable heat.

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[–] rako@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 4 months ago

Considering how much of energy is used for heating, this might still be interesting. But probably not for electricity generation

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