Scientists engineer new material that can harvest energy 24-hr uninterrupted

02.06.2022, 12:30 ukranews.com

A new type of material has been developed that can absorb heat from the sun during the day and emit energy to outer space to harvest cooling at night, according to a recently published article. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency. "The base of the coating material is vanadium dioxide (VO2) film and its switch from heating to cooling mode throughout a 24-hour day-night cycle creates no extra energy costs", – according to Pei Gang and Zou Chongwen, leading scientists of the study from the University of Science and Technology of China.