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British media said that a company is currently developing a new type of combined solar power generation and storage for the UK.
According to reports, the company combines thin, soft and light solar panels with energy storage materials to power buildings or charge off-grid vehicles.
The report said that Solivus, which developed the device, plans to cover the roof of large industrial buildings with solar materials. These buildings include supermarket warehouses and courier company distribution centers.
However, Solivus also plans to manufacture solar installations or "curves" for home use.
The goal is to create local renewable energy, allow residents and businesses to have their own electricity supply, and help the UK achieve its goal of zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
This solar material is a carbon-based film, which the company calls "organic photovoltaics." It is a material that absorbs sunlight and produces energy.
The company said the film is only one-tenth the weight of traditional films, does not contain rare earth or toxic materials, and has a lifespan of up to 20 years.
The company said that its efficiency in the laboratory is about 13%, but as the temperature continues to rise under natural light, its efficiency remains stable.
The inventor of this combined power generation and storage device is Joe Parker-Swift with a background in biological sciences. She has established, developed, and sold two companies.
Solivius ’medium-term plan is to install thin-film devices in large commercial properties and stadiums in the United Kingdom in 2021/2022.
They anticipate that a 10,000 square meter roof will provide about 1 megawatt of energy-perhaps enough to power an apartment.
The company is also working with the University of Manchester Graphene Engineering Innovation Center to study whether graphene can play a role.
Graphene is a powerful 2D material that is only one atom thick, and it can effectively conduct heat and electricity.
The next step is more gentle-solar panels have been installed on a farm building.
And this film has been shaped into an "arc", designed to absorb more light.
It is expected that a unit will be a 1 kW system, which can supply 1,000 kWh per year. Researchers at the University of Surrey in the UK are evaluating the public's response to this idea and design.
Professor Michael Walls of the Renewable Energy System Technology Center at Loughborough University said that the concept of using light photovoltaic cells in buildings is "exciting" because it opens up new fields of application for solar energy. But there are also economic and practical obstacles.
The current scale of the flexible photovoltaic product market is much smaller than the traditional rigid solar panel market, which means that manufacturers of flexible photovoltaic products cannot achieve economies of scale like rigid solar panel manufacturers.
Walls said that some flexible solar films also have problems with water penetrating into the coating and eventually causing degradation.
He said: "If they can sell products at a reasonable price and avoid technical problems, it will be a great thing, but there are many challenges."
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