Scientists have engineered a water-soluble pyrimidone molecule that captures solar heat and releases it days or weeks later—enough to boil water on demand.
There is 0 practical use for this tech. Solar PV is cheaper than the panels required for this, with plumbing, and gain 100x-125x the energy per hour. LFP batteries could power a heat pump with 10x the storage/liter heat delivered. The molecule is not commercially produced yet, and energy extraction is far more complex than electricity from a battery.
There is 0 practical use for this tech. Solar PV is cheaper than the panels required for this, with plumbing, and gain 100x-125x the energy per hour. LFP batteries could power a heat pump with 10x the storage/liter heat delivered. The molecule is not commercially produced yet, and energy extraction is far more complex than electricity from a battery.