Today, solar energy has become a whole human structure is a very important part, scientists are studying more effective ways to store solar energy and the use of special cloudy at night or when.

Now, a new material will be able to achieve such results. Recently, the research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a hairstyle can be applied to multiple surfaces, including glass and clothing transparent polymer film, the polymer film is capable of storing solar energy and heat when necessary released.

Imagine, no matter how cold days, we only need to wear a dress like this at home when you can, there is no need to go fiddling with air conditioning, heating and the like. Or a film on the windshield the day before will be able to absorb solar car the next day for melting frost.

TedSargent from the University of Toronto and was not involved in the study, but in an interview when he said: "This study presents an exciting way in energy collection and storage of a single material, this innovative approach, and very unique."

Many solar energy storage plans to focus on the energy is converted to electrical energy on, then store the electricity, in order to achieve the purpose of saving electricity. However, this method developed by researchers using a chemical reaction, the heat it generates is not electricity. The researchers said that in this way, the energy can be kept indefinitely in a stable molecular structure, until it is ready to put into use.

The key to this process is that in a way to maintain the two structures stable molecules, the sun will make it go into a long "charge" mode, then making another stimulus, such as light, heat and electricity, etc. , it becomes the original "uncharged" state, the heat will release after the entire process is completed as a result appears.

This solar fuel had already been developed, but this is the first time a new method based on a solid polymer to achieve rather than liquid, which results in different fields of application. The more important point is that it is based on cheap materials and a wide range of manufacturing-based, in other words, this method is very low cost, and mass production is not a problem.

It is understood, researchers will be on existing research results to further improve, they want clear slightly yellow polymer on this, and will enhance the warming effect of 10 ℃ to 20 ℃. The first applications of this study could be an electric car, it can greatly reduce the low-temperature environment for heating power, the car will be able to extend the mileage.

Currently, the research results have been published in the "Advanced Energy Materials" professional journals.