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Originally Posted by Dredj
I'm a bit confused on the solar paint, though. Wouldn't there need to be 'electrodes' and batteries to collect the energy the paint is absorbing? It seems from the article that all you have to do is paint some steel and you've got electricity?
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I think one would of course have to connect the "painted solar panel" to so-
me kind of energy storage device like a battery (energy cells based upon su-
perconductor loops in the case of Pharos IV).
Here are some more informations about the basic idea of Solar Paint:
Spray-On Solar-Power Cells Are True Breakthrough
NJIT - PublicInfo: NJIT Researchers Develop Inexpensive, Easy Process To Produce Solar Panels
CBC Toronto - Features - Solar Revolution
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And this is the energy storage technology that the colonists on Pharos IV use:
Superconducting magnetic energy storage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia