Swedish supercomputer creates a new solar molecule

Stefan Mileschin · 10th September 2020, 08:56

Can capture and store solar energy

Sweden’s Linköping University programmed a supercomputer to come up with a new molecule that can capture and store solar energy which should be good when the Swedes finally see sunlight again.

Linköping University boffin Bo Durbeej said the new molecule could take on two different forms. There is a parent form that can absorb energy from sunlight, and an alternative form in which the structure of the parent form has been changed and become much more energy-rich while remaining stable. This makes it possible to store the energy in sunlight in the molecule efficiently.

It’s common in research that experiments are done first, and theoretical work subsequently confirms the experimental results, but in this case, the procedure was reversed.
https://fudzilla.com/news/51484-swed...solar-molecule

10th September 2020, 08:56	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Swedish supercomputer creates a new solar molecule Can capture and store solar energy Sweden’s Linköping University programmed a supercomputer to come up with a new molecule that can capture and store solar energy which should be good when the Swedes finally see sunlight again. Linköping University boffin Bo Durbeej said the new molecule could take on two different forms. There is a parent form that can absorb energy from sunlight, and an alternative form in which the structure of the parent form has been changed and become much more energy-rich while remaining stable. This makes it possible to store the energy in sunlight in the molecule efficiently. It’s common in research that experiments are done first, and theoretical work subsequently confirms the experimental results, but in this case, the procedure was reversed. https://fudzilla.com/news/51484-swed...solar-molecule

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