Photovoltatronics: Smart solar cells that talk to each other

Imagine you're walking through the city on a sunny summer day. You look at the skyscrapers, the shop buildings, lampposts and electric taxis driving tirelessly to and fro. What you can't see is that every single piece of their surface is generating and storing its own electricity. The solar cells on these surfaces are interconnected and use some of the power they generate to communicate with objects around them. According to TU Delft researcher Hesan Ziar, this is not some futuristic vision, but a reality that will be happening soon. "That's because," explains Ziar, "we are going to bundle all of the knowledge in this area into a new research field: Photovoltatronics. Only by connecting energy and information with each other can we really make an impact."

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