Photovoltaic ceramic boosts power 1000x over traditional solar panels Enjoy free electricity at home!

EcoNews carries an article about photovoltaic ceramic which is 1,000 times more powerful than solar panels, Caliber.Az reprints the article.

Experts increasingly agree that solar panels are not the future of home self-sufficiency.

One proof is the wind fence we saw yesterday, but an even more surprising one is the photovoltaic ceramic producing 1000 times more energy. It has baffled experts by behaving unpredictably under natural light.

Imagine having free electricity at home. It could become a reality. Ceramic might be the ultimate material for solar panels.

In 2015, researchers from ETH Zurich discovered a new photovoltaic ceramic material that could revolutionize solar energy. This innovative ceramic tile is 1,000 times more efficient than current silicon-based solar panels. Scientists envision a future where electricity is nearly free and entirely clean.

The high performance of the ceramic is explained by the restructuring and orientation differences in its structure. It consists of two key components: a light-absorbing material and an electricity-conducting material. The light-absorbing layer employs aluminum oxide and perovskite nanoparticles, both renowned for their excellent light absorption efficiency.

The perovskites are embedded in highly stabilized aluminum oxide, protecting them from heat, moisture, and mechanical pressure. When sunlight hits the ceramic, the electrons in the perovskite nanoparticles absorb the energy and move to a higher energy level.

The excited electrons are then efficiently transferred into the aluminum oxide crystals, which act as pathways within the ceramic to channel the electrons to the surface and generate an electric current. In several key aspects, the photovoltaic ceramic developed by ETH Zurich researchers is actually more effective than conventional silicon solar cells.

The ceramic's structure and porosity allow it to uniformly capture and retain solar radiation across its entirety, achieving the critical reaction temperature of 1500°C throughout the material. This represents a significant advancement compared to previous isotropic designs, which gradually diminished the incident solar flux as it entered the reactor.