…But Since Then I Never Heard that Again.
I wonder if I should have posted this in a Solar Panels feed?
Was the source I heard from mistaken or does in fact China make Solar Panels that can charge from Moon Light, just as it does Sun Light?
…But Since Then I Never Heard that Again.
I wonder if I should have posted this in a Solar Panels feed?
Was the source I heard from mistaken or does in fact China make Solar Panels that can charge from Moon Light, just as it does Sun Light?
It is not exactly solar nor moon light, but there has been some experimentation with radiative cooling, which allows solar panels, with attached thermoelectric generators, to convert the night sky into a power source, but it is in the milliWatt range for now
See this paper for reference: “Nighttime electric power generation at a density of 350 mW/m² via radiative cooling”
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(24)00676-3
So, less than a square metre of our planet’s surface is radiating enough energy to power a 4W led bulb? Not bad, actually!