MIT Makes a Super Thin Solar Cell That Can Turn Any Surface into a Power Plant

[@khajansingh6184]

It's a great descovery in solar industries.✌️👏👏

[@Damm_Santa]

nice. Just hope to make it into the market. a lot of this proyects just get as good Ideas.

[@faisal-ca]

Developing something in labs and doing mass production on it efficiently are two different things. We have seen many successful experiments that have yet to make it to the market.

[@billslater6418]

Rather we should work with whe Chinese and others. Competition is killing us.

[@Fightdog]

Now if MIT can keep the Chinese from stealing this IP it would be great.

[@abc-coleaks-info]

If the government gets the patent, it will give it to the DOE and they will freely give it to the CCP. One of their deputy directors reported that all their patents go to China.

[@abdishakur9103]

It is important for emission reduction and benefits all humanity, nationalism will kill you

[@jiggyv6139]

😂😂😂😂 facts

[@reapertown9267]

If they were ever made it would be on China and shipped back to the US 😭 that's how manufacturing works for something without massive backing😊

[@abc-coleaks-info]

@@reapertown9267 Including a battery technology more advanced and safer them lithium. We did I pull back the patent that would have allowed them to market it. That didn’t keep them from using the technology though.

[@AnonymousOmniscience]

3:16 This is untrue, regular old solar panels can be recycled.

[@nickwisniewski4654]

What about the power per square metre? That's also crazy important

[@shoebbinwahid637]

Im proud to be a engineer 🙂

[@DanielSMatthews]

OK then do the maths on this: Solar power tech is amazing, but running a civilisation on it is suicidal because they will not work very well during the next volcanic winter, and that really is just a matter of when and not if it will happen. +2 years of winter level sunlight even in the height of summer (far worse in actual winter) will see a great reduction in electricity generation right when there is a large spike in demand to deal with the cold and to raise food crops using LED lighting in heated green houses. Billions of people will be at risk of death from the cold or starvation as the entire global food production system collapses. This is not speculation, it is 100% guaranteed to happen, we just don't know how to predict the timing, or how to stop it, so all we can do is adapt now by maximising the use of all forms of nuclear power which will actually become more efficient in colder weather.

[@SDFNI3894YR]

@@DanielSMatthews you are not taking into account the enormous amount of surplus energy that will be generated if this is true. then that surplus can be stored as in gravity battery or water battery. plus your fearful concept of volcanic apocalypse has been for around 1000 years. nothing happened. so chill.

[@reapertown9267]

​@@DanielSMatthewswhat solar is often mixed with wind and battery storage to make it work year round. In the case of winter they have systems that self clean with heat and scrubs. Plus electricity is ran through multiple city's at once. So if one powerplant dies another from another town takes over

[@DanielSMatthews]

@@reapertown9267 LOL, I was serious, actually do the maths, and clearly you didn't. You are in for a slow, cold, and hungry death if you don't wake up and make your power sources more resilient.

[@GOLD_FEVER]

@@DanielSMatthews It's guaranteed to happen. ... IN the next million years or so lol. That's the part you don't mention...

[@ConstroTalks]

So the normal panel installation and setup cost will be reduced by these thin panels great work

[@IndigoBassNotes]

The new paint job on your 2029 Camry charges your car while its parked at work...on a sunny day.

[@fitztastico]

Watts per kg seems like a pretty deceptive variable to use for comparison. It leads me to believe they an appreciably lower power collection rating based on surface area, which as a potential user, is my main constraint. I guess that's why the use case scenarios are for tents, clothes, and stickers and not rooftops

[@Daikini0]

It will be expensive for that. ~30 USD is for the material only, excluding the printing, and all the processes. If we estimate only 45 USD for sq meter, and check the material (~35 gramms/sq meter), it means good 30 sq meters produce 370W, for the price of USD 1300, regular 400W panel costs USD 230, and takes up space of 2 sq meters. Cost efficiency: ~1/5 Surface efficiency: ~1/15

[@sadface7457]

What's their power to surface area?

[@Daikini0]

I guess that is a figure not to brag about. If the film is like 10x10 cm, and let's say 2 gramms, then 5 sq meters produce 300W, which means it requires at least 3 times more space needed. Also this thin film will surely get damaged by hailstorm. But if my estimation is too big for this 10x10 cm cell, then the math is even worse.

[@sadface7457]

@@Daikini0 I estimated 5-10x less energy density

[@Daikini0]

@@sadface7457 could be, later on I found the fabric itself. It's 35 gramms per sq meters. 28 sq meters needed for a kilo. That produces 370 W. Costs like USD 1200

[@saeidjvd1317]

18 times more powerful than a traditional panel. That is amazing when it goes for manufacturing.

[@himanshuk177]

Power per kg, there's a catch.

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No cost efficient energy storage and metallic no room temperature superconductor means increasing renewables will just lead to power outages.

[@BrawlerTheSmokyDutchMan]

ehrrr neurrr, big oil companie words aaaaahhhh!!!!

[@henrykzajac4129]

It is Perovskite base solar cell, main problem lifertime +- 1 year. It is nothing new it was published on the subject since 2009. Few factories in Europe already built and working on few projects with building facades. Anyway good work MIT, maybe you can expand the lifetime.....

[@billslater6418]

Your credentials?

[@henrykzajac4129]

@@billslater6418 maybe yours? Saule technologies.....one example....

[@wongedan6231]

I hope it goes like that in Indonesia... clean energy

[@IsaacSchultz]

Ive been waiting and saying "i dont believe solar is near what it could be, and im not buying into it until it gets better." I think soon ill be more enthusiastic, i was worried id never see the day considering Moores Law, but i am hopeful again due to this.

[@maemilev]

Even Casio calculator solar cells are similar to this.

[@CUBETechie]

But can it be used as sails on boats?

[@LeonidasAthanasiadisOrthodonti]

Just imagine the roof of a hybrid car covered with this material.In countries with a lot of sunny days per year that would be such a great saving in fuels and in carbon footprint.Best regards.

[@dayatec]

Bring those Solar stickers to my land. Here Eggs fallen in roads becomes omlette😂😂

[@Gangly_arms]

I hope they could make it cheaper and much more durable than a conventional solar panel

[@thegreenthing7603]

Still waiting for the damn graphene hype shit

[@Mohamedrasvi]

Power per kg is not a good measure. Need power per surface area.

[@MiRa-yd3te]

Dove li trovo ?

[@yyghhh7462]

KZbin cc can add subtitles but original subtitle is better. please 🙏 add subtitle.

[@Alfa75V6]

great , fantastically cool , but is it economically viable

[@loisbruce]

Watch and believe! These were used in a house build in the Grand Designs series: North Cotswolds 2023 - shown 08/11/23 ♥UK

[@Ferocious_Cat]

Weird, where is everyone?

[@richardh8082]

@Ferocious_Of_The_Forfeit_Cat Look behind you

[@Ferocious_Cat]

@@richardh8082 Oh yeah, invisible Entities. Thanks. Sorry I didn't realize.

[@richardh8082]

@@Ferocious_Cat S'ok. Happens to us invisible entities all the time

[@Ferocious_Cat]

@@richardh8082 what's your personal perspective bout it?

[@richardh8082]

@@Ferocious_Cat they should use perspex is my perspective but then I am not a serious person per se

[@06colkurtz]

Hint. Half the time it’s dark outside. And much of the rest of the time it’s cloudy. How many watts per area?

[@mikhailgorbynov8779]

👍 space citi the future.

[@happyandhealthy888]

Thin and thick

[@Cuauhtlatoac]

To really make a breakthrough and offer a reliable, abundant and cheap source of energy alternative to fossil fuels, similar innovation in batteries energy storage is required.

[@06colkurtz]

What is their lifetime? Square feet per watt?

[@henrykzajac4129]

not much +- 1 year, conting from the time of printing....

[@marcinr5687]

Basic question: what is this revolutionary technology based on? ? Are these perovskite cells? If these are perovskites, this is nothing new, perovskites have disadvantages - a very short lifespan.

[@DanielSMatthews]

Solar power tech is amazing, but running a civilisation on it is suicidal because they will not work very well during the next volcanic winter, and that really is just a matter of when and not if it will happen. +2 years of winter level sunlight even in the height of summer (far worse in actual winter) will see a great reduction in electricity generation right when there is a large spike in demand to deal with the cold and to raise food crops using LED lighting in heated green houses. Billions of people will be at risk of death from the cold or starvation as the entire global food production system collapses. This is not speculation, it is 100% guaranteed to happen, we just don't know how to predict the timing, or how to stop it, so all we can do is adapt now by maximising the use of all forms of nuclear power which will actually become more efficient in colder weather.

[@LEE444S]

This is Amazing and I love how the point was made 😏 Especially Beautiful 😁💋

[@Victorio64]

The future is coming.

[@dice268926]

DAYUM

[@GameReality]

This is the end of energy crisis.... When this come in to mass produktion we will all get almost free energy.

[@robbyrodriguez7099]

Now in America well will make it a million dollars please 😂

[@marcelb.7224]

The problem with such cells are their durability

[@AlVil]

Cream to Chinese solar maker

[@DerekZary-x1j]

Cost in money...? Just the material.. not the sunlight.. once the material is on.. like the brim on a hat...it's paid for.. no further on going cost per b.s. hour..🎉

[@youngchemist]

Why are you addressing technological developments from 5 years ago now?

[@SDFNI3894YR]

GOSH! Is this really true or just a concept for funding rounds? anyone please answer. bcoz if its true then fossil fuels will quickly become irrelevant. am i right on this?

[@yyghhh7462]

Please 🙏 add subtitle please 🙏🙏

[@louis1409]

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