Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalised solar energy'
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 06:14
in Physics & Chemistry
New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of 'personalised solar energy,' in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities. That's the topic of a report by an international expert on solar energy scheduled for the 2 November issue of ACS' Inorganic Chemistry, a bi-weekly journal. It describes a long-awaited, inexpensive method for solar energy storage that could help power homes and plug-in cars in the future while helping keep the environment clean...