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The folks that come up with photovoltaic paint are going to get very rich. In the mean time a flexible solar charging car cover/blanket would cover the entire
by hourislate 7y ago
The folks that come up with photovoltaic paint are going to get very rich.
In the mean time a flexible solar charging car cover/blanket would cover the entire area of the vehicle and could plug right into the charging port while the car is parked. Could even be used across same size vehicles or to sell power back to the grid (if this were available) if car is fully charged.
- jossmexico 7y agophotovoltaic paint .. that could be a near future news headline
- lightedman 7y agoWe already have printable photovoltaics and a spray-on photovoltaic.
- kchamplewski 7y agoIt already exists. https://solaractionalliance.org/solar-paint/ https://solaractionalliance.org/solar-paint/ It just has very poor efficiency compared to panels, and so is not economically viable and probably won't be for some time.
- yourapostasy 7y agoA lot of work going on in this area [1]. [1] https://www.solar-estimate.org/news/solar-paint-hydrogen-quantum-dot-perovskite-solar-cells https://www.solar-estimate.org/news/solar-paint-hydrogen-qua...