Batteries included: A solar cell that stores its own power

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Is it a solar cell? Or a rechargeable battery? Actually, the patent-pending device is both: the world’s first solar battery. Scientists have succeeding in combining a battery and a solar cell into one hybrid device.kPk8UXrDAbo

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  • PNjunction
    PNjunction Solar Expert Posts: 762 ✭✭✭
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    If that "battery" chemistry in the panel is more energy-dense and more unstable than existing LiFePo4, then there is NO WAY I would want one of these on top of my roof!
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  • nsaspook
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    What happens when it gets wet?
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  • gww1
    gww1 Solar Expert Posts: 963 ✭✭
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    It would be hard to change the battery. Anybody for a tv vcr combo?
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