A new solar cell could generate electricity underwater
The trick isn't using perovskites—the trick is making them last.
The trick isn't using perovskites—the trick is making them last.
The short version
- The trick isn’t using perovskites—the trick is making them last.
- In one episode of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Birdman , the eponymous hero struggles to fight the evil Dr.
- Shark aboard a submarine without solar energy to recharge his powers.
What happened
So Birdman would surely appreciate the new perovskite solar cells developed by a team led by Simin Ma at Yunnan University, since they are designed to work underwater. Solar cells made from perovskites rather than silicon are always a tale of trade-offs.
Why it matters
They can be made cheaply, they can take interesting forms (like thin, flexible, transparent films), and they can convert substantially more of the incoming solar energy into electricity.
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