An engineer from the University of Missouri developed a flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light. Today’s solar planes only collect about 20 percent of available light. This new device was developed by using a thin mouldable ssheet of small antennas called nantenna. It could harvest the heat from industrial processes and convert it into usable electricity.
Within five years the new discovery could be incorporated into roof shingle products, or be custom-made to power vehicles.
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