A recent development would make electricity generation from the sun’s heat more efficient, by using ceramic-metal plates for heat transfer at higher temperatures and at elevated pressures.
Credit: Purdue University illustration/Raymond Hassan
Scientists have developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power – as heat energy – more efficient in generating electricity. Solar power accounts for less than 2% of U.S. electricity but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper.
A Purdue University-led team developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power – as heat energy – more efficient in generating electricity...
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