All Five Oceans Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 The solar panels are useless during the rainy days. Some researchers of Quingdao, China has developed a new type of solar panel that will generate electricity from rain drop. They have layered a single atom thick coat of graphene. We all know that graphane is a great conductor. The rain water will generate free electrons due to Lewis acids and bases reaction. As a result, the overall efficiency of the system increases manifold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Can you provide a link to this research? (I assume that should be Qingdao; Quingdao doesn't look like a valid Chinese word.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Do you have a link to where you heard this? Also, it's an error to imply that solar panels don't create electricity when it's cloudy. It's just diminished. I mean, it's not completely dark outside on a cloudy day. http://www.yourturn.ca/solar/our-system/how-much-power-can-it-produce/ "Our array has 18 solar panels, and each one is rated by the manufacturer as outputting 175 watts. That means, the theoretical maximum power that our array can produce at any one moment is 3,150 watts (18 x 175). However, in practice, even on a sunny day, the peak output is usually between 2,600 and 3,000 watts. On a cloudy day, it could be less than 2,000 watts, and on a very cloudy or rainy day it would be less than 1,000 watts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sriman Dutta Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 The solar panels are useless during the rainy days. Some researchers of Quingdao, China has developed a new type of solar panel that will generate electricity from rain drop. They have layered a single atom thick coat of graphene. We all know that graphane is a great conductor. The rain water will generate free electrons due to Lewis acids and bases reaction. As a result, the overall efficiency of the system increases manifold. This new solar panels can be called hydro-solar panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordief Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Here is a link I found http://www.sciencealert.com/how-graphene-could-help-solar-panels-produce-energy-when-it-s-raining 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshBox Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 This is an intresting news. Thanks for Sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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