Energy breakthrough: Inventing the Solar battery works both in the rain and without sunshine

This is an amazing step forward from current technology. If optimized, it will become an energy revolution.

Solar panels can be said to be one of the great inventions of modern humans. It helps them harness energy from an unlimited source, and especially clean, without harming the environment.

However, the only problem with this ultra-clean invention is that it needs the Sun to function. In gloomy days, they are often ineffective, resulting in low application.

But this story is about to end, thanks to new inventions from experts from the University of British Columbia (Canada). Recently, they have created a new solar battery, which can operate even in dim light conditions of dim rainy days.

And its secret is in nature: this is a solar battery made from bacteria.

In fact, it is very difficult to make solar panels from living organisms. Scientists have tried to copy the photosynthesis ability of plants, and then put it into living cells. However, this process is very expensive, complex, and easy to damage the cells themselves, so the effect is often not high.

To avoid this reality, a team of experts from Canada tried a different approach. They used modified E. coly to possess more lycopene (molecules that bring orange red to tomatoes.)

Lycopen is a natural dye, and is particularly great at absorbing sunlight. Even in murky weather conditions, this color still allows energy to be absorbed with extremely high efficiency.

Vikramaditya Yadav, the study's author, said they coated E. coli on solar panels, and used it as a semiconductor. Tests show that the energy density will fall in the range of 0.686 mA per square centimeter - twice the size of conventional batteries.

"We recorded a very dense flow of energy in this new type of battery," - Professor Yadav said.

"This material creates a form of sustainable and economically efficient energy. With just a few optimization steps, we will have a solar revolution."

According to Yadav, this method is not only more efficient, but the cost is much lower, only 1/10. However, it still needs more time to complete, because bacteria have a relatively low life expectancy. If you find a way to keep them alive longer, it will be a real revolution.

The study is published in Small magazine.