Solar technology has come a long way, with new technologies coming into use every day, and design concepts that were once considered out of reach are now being used. Although some of these technologies are still experimental, it is believed that in the near future these technologies will be used in the following practices.
1.Water-cooled solar panels
Pyron Solar Triad company designed a special short focal length, from the acrylic material synthetic solar collector lens. Sunlight is reflected and refracted in this lens to effectively concentrate the energy to a point. A second lens captures the energy from the first lens and then concentrates it on a small photovoltaic panel. The company claims that this HE lens system (HE OPTICS SYSYTEM) produces 800 times more electricity than a silicon solar panel of the same size.
2. the solar energy into hydrogen
In 2009, MIT professor Daniel Nocera (Daniel Nocera) founded a company that aims to commercialize a "hydrolysis" and solar energy storage technology. Nocera said: "Our idea is to use solar panels to provide electricity for electrolytic cells to produce hydrogen that can be stored in fuel tanks, and when people need electricity, the stored hydrogen can drive the fuel cell to produce electricity."
3. Solar roof panels and solar panels that can be painted
Previously, people have always envisioned if the installation of solar panels can be as simple as laying roof tiles, or solar paint can be as good as painting on the roof. In fact, this vision has now been realized, the solar paint is called silicon ink. U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory) said that the current use of this technology solar cells have been able to convert 18% of the solar energy into electricity. And Dow Chemical (Dow Chemical) said that by the middle of 2010 by the company's research and development of solar roof tiles will be able to carry out small-scale production, 2011 will be mass production.
4. Large thin film solar cells
SunFab system company's thin-film solar panels are mainly based on thin-film technology, the use of amorphous silicon solar panels to build the world's largest area, the largest capacity of solar thin-film panels. This approach can successfully reduce the cost of materials on the one hand, and on the other hand can also be combined with the highest end of manufacturing technology in the solar industry. It is reported that the company's thin-film solar panels mainly use frameless design, thus solving the two major problems of poor waterproofing of thin-film solar panels and long use will lead to damage to the structural integrity of the panels.
5. Organic solar collectors
Scientists at MIT have found a way to turn ordinary glass into high-end solar collectors. This technology is complex in structure, but low cost. Scientists mainly use coated glass panels to collect the sunlight that is not absorbed by the surface of the solar cells, thus turning ordinary mirrors into solar collectors, and even the glass of buildings can be applied to this technology to absorb the conversion energy. In addition, Glensun Energy Technology Co., Ltd (GreenSun) has also developed a solar panel containing a variety of colors, which can collect light energy without direct alignment with the sun.
6. Space solar technology
Japan is currently developing a huge space solar power generation device. In the next 30 years, the device is expected to be 36,000 kilometers from the Earth in space in orbit to transmit solar energy to the Earth. The Japanese government will spend $21 billion to support this project, which consists mainly of building a solar power station with 4 square kilometers of solar panels. The power station is expected to produce 1 billion watts of electricity, enough for nearly 300,000 families in Tokyo.
7. Solar road
The concept of solar road is to develop a floor tile like solar panels, and will be laid on the road. These panels are constantly able to collect light energy and generate electricity, but also for the road lighting at night and warm roads in winter, but also a large amount of surplus electricity can be sold to households or businesses to use. The inventor of this technology Scott Brusaw (Scott Brusaw) is expected that each mile of such solar panels can provide electricity for 500 families, while each such 12 x 12 feet of the cost of the panels only $ 5,000.
8. Light-collecting solar technology
Stirling Energy System (Stirling Energy System) developed the SunCatcher solar collection system will soon be settled in Arizona, the United States, which also marks the world's most efficient solar technology will be put into commercial use for the first time. The SunCatcher solar collection system consists of a solar collector and an array of curved glass mirrors arranged in the shape of a dish. This system can use the glass mirror dish-shaped structure to collect sunlight, and to the efficient Stirling engine (Stirling Engine) heating, each dish-shaped structure can produce 25,000 watts of electricity.
9. Nano solar technology
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (McMaster University) researchers use efficient photovoltaic materials and durable carbon nanotube fibers to develop a light-absorbing nanowires, and its implantation into a more resilient polyester film to produce solar panels. This solar panel is more resilient and less expensive than the current photovoltaic panels. In addition, a team of researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom has also been inspired by the photosynthesis of plants to produce a new photovoltaic device, which can efficiently convert light energy into electricity.
10. integrated solar technology
Akeena Solar has developed the Andalay AC solar panel, which combines the company's steel frame components, wiring components and electrical grounding components and other patented technologies. Andalay AC solar panel technology has been hailed as the most popular and significant mechanical invention of 2009.
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