Hardware Podcasts

77. Scaling Renewables With Novel Energy Harvesting & Storage Technologies

The Next Byte Podcast · 5 Jul 2022 · 30m

What this episode covers

Hosts Daniel and For Bode discuss two breakthroughs in renewable energy technology: extending the lifespan of flow batteries through polarity flipping, and stabilizing fragile perovskite solar cells with 2D nanomaterial capping layers. They analyze how Harvard and Cambridge researchers solved flow battery degradation by using voltage pulses to 'revive' organic molecules, achieving a 260x increase in cycle life. They also cover Princeton Engineering's development of a durable perovskite solar cell and an accelerated testing chamber that simulates 30 years of weathering in weeks, enabling the commercialization of flexible and transparent solar applications.

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