For the first time multiple biological solar cells have been
connected together to form a bio solar panel, this is basically just a solar panel that
creates energy from the photosynthesis of the bacteria as well as their respiratory
activities. It has generated the most wattage of any other existing small scale
bio cells at about 5.59microwatts which seems unimpressive at first but
considering how small scale this setup actually is, compared to a standard
solar cell/panel, it's actually quite impressive. The major benefit of a bio
solar cell is that it removes almost all of the toxic components of your normal
solar panel and replaces them with bacteria which then produce energy from the
light from the sun. A major disadvantage to this technology currently is that
the amount of energy produced by this type of solar panel is very small when
you compare to standard solar panel. Now that [they] have been able to get a
bio solar panel to work and produce power, regardless of how little it
produces, it will now be possible for them to focus on improving the efficiency
of the cells and the sustainability which could one day surpass the abilities
of normal solar panels and give us a source of clean energy that eliminates all
the toxic components and waste that are currently an issue in the world of
solar energy.
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