3D Solar Panels Are The Future

Inspired by the way trees spread their leaves to capture the sunlight, Professor Jeffery Grossman, from MIT Engineering initiated the idea about how resourceful a three-dimensional shape covered in solar cells can be. After some research and brainstorming, Professor Jeffery and his team came to a conclusion that this idea can definitely give a new face to the Sharp solar panels which would be beneficial for all the people who manufacture or buy these panels. So, in order to experiment with the idea, Professor Jeffery with his team designed a miniature 3D solar panel on the roof of their lab at MIT. During the whole process, Professor and his team found a ground breaking fact that their 3D solar panel can also generate power from sun even in a rainy or cloudy day!

Before this experiment it was thought that a solar panel is useless in an overcast day but now with 3D Sharp solar panels the situation is totally different. The efficiency that is created by the dynamic shapes inspired by the tree leaves, now the solar panel would be less impacted by the bad weather conditions but also their verticals shapes would allow them to pick up less mediated sunlight. This would also allow these panels to generate more power and in a faster manner. As Professor's team said, their 3 dimensional solar panels will not be limited to the rooftops but soon people will see them placed around cities like statues, becoming urban icons, instead of those old flat panels which were hidden on a roof.