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Solar panels perform better when listening to music

by Simon Levey
06 November 2013
The sound vibrations that make up music can make solar panels work harder, according to new research, and pop music performs better than classical.
Scientists showed that high pitched sounds like those common in pop and rock music caused the greatest improvement in the solar cells' power output, increasing it by up to forty per cent. Classical music, with typically lower pitched sounds, still increased the cells' output, but not as much.
This discovery makes it possible to power a wider range devices with solar energy than at present, as scientists can improve the efficiency of solar cells using the ambient, or background, noise present in many environments.

Read more: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_6-11-2013-11-35-3

-- Imperial College London News 2013-11-06

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