Indoor solar panels to power your gadgets? A team just proved it can be done safely

University of Queensland researchers have developed indoor solar panels that could one day power your wearables, sensors, and small electronics using nothing but the light already in your home or office. The panels are based on perovskite, a material that has been gaining attention as a successor to traditional silicon in solar cells. While silicon-based indoor solar cells top out at around 10 percent efficiency, perovskite can do significantly better. Recommended Videos (function(){let containerEl=document.getElementById('dt-cnx-container-69f485049cf84');const deletePlayer=()=>{if(containerEl){containerEl.remove();containerEl=null}};if(!window.DT_RELATED_PLAYER_PROVIDER){deletePlayer();return} const iasAnId=decodeURIComponent('927851');if(!window.dtCNXReady){const loadIAS=()=>{return new…

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