Penn researchers create world’s first solar power circuit

We have seen that solar energy is used in various forms such as for water heating, solar cookers, solar vehicles and to generate electricity. The genius brains are looking beyond for more ways to power the electronic devices. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have given life to their innovative thoughts and created the world’s first photovoltaic circuit which we will see in use in near future as an alternative to power the next-gen touchscreen devices.

The researchers are successful to generate very small amounts of power with the circuits. The current power generation capabilities are far from enough to power consumer devices today. With the current circuits the researchers say that only about 10% of the photovoltaic circuits on a glass slide actually work and increasing the number of working cells would vastly increase the power output.

One researcher thinks that eventually the technology will be able to produce one amp with one volt in a piece the diameter of a human hair and only one inch long. These photovoltaic circuits can be ideal for other applications such as powering tiny robotic devices or running computer calculations equal to the speed of light.

Kudos on their success and hope the usage of photovoltaic circuits comes alive soon.

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