UC Santa Barbara scientists create liquid solar battery that stores sunlight as heat

UC Santa Barbara scientists create liquid solar battery that stores sunlight as heat

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When the sun sets, solar panels sadly become unproductive. For decades, that daily pause has underscored one of renewable energy’s biggest challenges: how to store sunlight efficiently for use after dark. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara believe they have found an elegant answer. No, not in bulky battery packs or vast grid systems, but inside a small, carefully engineered molecule. In a study published in Scie…