Jumbangla Desk: Researchers are developing a 'groundbreaking' portable solar panel, which they claim can be used for device charging.
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Scientists at the University of Oxford's National Thin-Film Cluster Facility or NTCF for Advanced Functional Materials are making ultra-thin solar panels from perovskite minerals.
Perovskite is a crystalline structure composed of calcium titanium oxide (CaTiO3).
According to the researchers, these solar panels made from perovskite material can be made in a cheaper, more efficient and smaller size instead of silicon.
New technology means you can generate electricity in more places, says Henry Snaith, professor of physics at the University of Oxford.
Conventionally, various solar panels are made of silicon . But Professor Snaith says, 'We have used the maximum capacity of silicon'.
These portable solar panels will be wireless and will plug directly into a device. As a result, they will absorb any light falling on them and convert it into energy, BBC wrote in the report.
The 'breakthrough' technology will be thin and flexible enough to be used on buildings, cars and even clothing, the researchers claim.
Multiple light absorbing layers are placed in a solar cell. As a result, light spectrum light rays will also be used by these perovskite materials, which will help produce more energy from the same amount of sunlight than conventional solar panels.
Scientists say these new solar panels will reduce the need for solar farms.
In the meantime, the private company 'Oxford PV', which emerged from the research team of the 'University of Oxford', has started selling its first commercial products using the new technology.
The team of researchers will continue to 'further enhance' the performance of the perovskite material, said Professor Snaith.
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“We can make the perovskite material useful. For example, lightweight perovskites may be needed in various clothing or backpacks and on building roofs.”
