Researchers have discovered graphene s latest technological magic trick.
How graphene solar panels work.
Researchers from the ocean university of china claims that graphene based solar cells could draw out energy from raindrops that fall on to the panel by sucking the minimal amount of salt in the liquid.
In an aqueous solution graphene s mobile electrons easily bind with any nearby positively charged ions in a process known as a lewis acid base interaction.
It is extremely strong and almost entirely transparent and also astonishingly conductive and flexible.
Graphene and solar panels graphene is made of a single layer of carbon atoms that are bonded together in a repeating pattern of hexagons.
Its unique electrical properties could be a real game changer in the field of renewable energy.
There s another trick up graphene s sleeve that makes it a great addition to solar panels.
But that might not be the case for much longer.
Solar panels batteries and supercapacitors made of graphene are lightweight flexible and cheap to manufacture.
It is a 2 dimensional material with amazing characteristics which grant it the title wonder material.