DoomsdaysCW<p>Scientists' innovation for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndoorSolarCells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndoorSolarCells</span></a> maximizes the use of light energy</p><p>Story by Science X staff<br>7/25/2024</p><p>"Chemists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> have synthesized materials that can improve solar elements for indoor use. Such photovoltaic cells, which can also be integrated into various electronic devices, generate electricity even in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LowLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowLight</span></a> conditions.</p><p>"Their study is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.</p><p>"Consumption of oil and gas results in an increase of atmospheric temperatures, leading to global <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, currently labeled a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>. To combat this problem, efforts are being made to use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewable</span></a> and environmentally friendly energy sources such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a>, water and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a>.</p><p>"'Wind and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydropower</span></a> energy are constrained by high costs and location dependency, while solar energy is flexible, efficient and relatively inexpensive. However, the energy from indoor light sources and natural light entering through windows is lost every day,' says Juozas Vidas Gražulevičius, Professor at the KTU Faculty of Chemical Technology and Head of the Chemistry of Materials research group.</p><p>"According to Prof. Gražulevičius, this can be solved by indoor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/photovoltaics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photovoltaics</span></a>, which generate electricity even in low-intensity light conditions."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-innovation-for-indoor-solar-cells-maximizes-the-use-of-light-energy/ar-BB1qCAJJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/technology/</span><span class="invisible">scientists-innovation-for-indoor-solar-cells-maximizes-the-use-of-light-energy/ar-BB1qCAJJ</span></a></p><p>Paper:<br><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.4c04105" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsam</span><span class="invisible">i.4c04105</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarSundays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarSundays</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a></p>