This is a bit science-fictiony, and I don't understand it, but:
http://engineering.stanford.edu/news...ost-efficiency
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/09/15/1509453112
Supposedly there's a transparent material the prefers to radiate heat at a wavelength that passes through air without heating it.
Putting a layer of that on a solar panel lets the panel radiate heat away more efficiently.
Or so they claim.
Any physicists in the house? Can someone explain how that would work?
http://engineering.stanford.edu/news...ost-efficiency
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/09/15/1509453112
Supposedly there's a transparent material the prefers to radiate heat at a wavelength that passes through air without heating it.
Putting a layer of that on a solar panel lets the panel radiate heat away more efficiently.
Or so they claim.
Any physicists in the house? Can someone explain how that would work?
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