Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness

[bielsubob@infosec.exchange]

Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness

Solar power without sunlight: Engineered wood can store energy for use

Solar panels are outdated. This wood-enabled solar system captures over 90 percent of sunlight and produces electricity on demand.

Interesting Engineering (interestingengineering.com)

#science #engineering #greenenergy #solarpower

[deirdrebeth@mas.to]

@bielsubob

Removing the lignin from balsa is also how the team made windows out of wood... I feel like these two designs might work together, and how cool would that be?

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/transparent-wood-could-be-window-future

[sea1am@mastodon.social]

@bielsubob

I guess you could still call it wood.

[lydialurch@mastodon.social]

@deirdrebeth @bielsubob This is wild!

[groxx@hachyderm.io]

@bielsubob aaah, filling it with stearic acid is a neat idea. phase-change temperature control is stunningly powerful.