Plastic Solar Panels are inexpensive and easy to make
The increase in harmful gas emissions in the atmosphere because of the burning of fossil fuels has led to an increase in global warming. This is the reason why scientists and researchers are looking for different sources of energy. One of the most popular options in renewable energy sources is solar energy.
Today the harvesting of energy from solar radiation with the help of solar cells has become an important part of future global energy strategy. However there are challenges on creating cheap and inexpensive means and forms of harnessing solar energy as it is not possible for all consumers to process purified silicon.
This is why researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have worked out on developing inexpensive solar cells that can either be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. Researchers say that this process is so simple that homeowners of the future will be able to print sheets of these solar cells with the help of inexpensive home based inkjet printers.
Once done, all the consumer has to do to harness solar energy is to slap the finished product on a billboard, roof or wall and thus have their own power station in their reach.
Produce hydrogen from visible light
Power is something that is very much required in all spheres of life; in offices, homes, schools and malls. However the present stock of natural energy the earth has and provides is getting exhausted by the minute. This is the reason researchers and scientists from all over the world are constantly on the lookout for new and the latest sources of renewable energy.
Producing hydrogen from natural gas is a process that has been around for some time. However the process of producing hydrogen from natural gas tends to produce lots of climate changing greenhouse gases. In the process, a nonrenewable resource too is consumed, thus running against the actual intention of the procedure.
This is why a new and more environmentally friendly approach has been found out where hydrogen is produced from water, with the help of the renewable source of energy, sunlight.
Recent studies have shown that researchers have found out that by the fabrication of thin films of self-aligned and vertically oriented titanium iron oxide nanotube arrays tend to show the ability and possibility of splitting water in the presence of natural sunlight.
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