Chemistry
Adding tomato pigment to solar panels increases their efficiency
Lycopene, which makes fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes red, improves the efficiency of perovskite solar cells
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Solar panels that work at night produce enough power to charge a phone
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UK government backs plan to harvest solar power from space
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Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust
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Snow-proof solar panels keep working even in icy weather
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Chemical that makes chilli peppers spicy boosts solar panel cells
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Portable device uses solar power to sterilise medical equipment
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Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles
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Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions
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Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight
A black panel of aluminium created by lasers can purify water containing human waste and heavy metals to drinkable standards, using just sunlight
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Two-sided solar panels that track the sun produce a third more energy
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Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity
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Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows
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Massive solar panels in Chilean desert point to our renewable future
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