So, thermocouples are commonly used in industry to make temperature probes, typically in the form of a coil of wire containing two conductors of different metals. I wonder if it'd be possible to get ahold of some thermocouple wire and put together a solar cell at home?
This is such a wickedly interesting article, I had no idea there was a totally different method of solar technology like this. Very strange that there hasn't been more widely known research in this area, or more home-built attempts. Crazy that they were eventually able to achieve 17% efficiency.
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PlaidBaron@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y
I love Low Tech magazine. Half their articles are horribly impractical or not very well thought out but I genuinely still love it.
dillekant@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 3y
Same. People talk about good design but I've not seen design as beautiful as lowtech.
PegasusAssistant@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
So, thermocouples are commonly used in industry to make temperature probes, typically in the form of a coil of wire containing two conductors of different metals. I wonder if it'd be possible to get ahold of some thermocouple wire and put together a solar cell at home?
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 3y
This is such a wickedly interesting article, I had no idea there was a totally different method of solar technology like this. Very strange that there hasn't been more widely known research in this area, or more home-built attempts. Crazy that they were eventually able to achieve 17% efficiency.
Thanks for sharing this article!