{"id":145371,"date":"2026-02-02T04:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145371"},"modified":"2026-02-02T04:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:00:12","slug":"chinese-teams-hydrogel-coating-boosts-solar-panel-power-output-13-ideal-for-hot-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145371","title":{"rendered":"Chinese team\u2019s hydrogel coating boosts solar panel power output 13%, ideal for hot regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have developed a hydrogel cooling coating for solar panels to boost power output by 13 per cent compared to conventional photovoltaic systems.<br \/>\nThe transparent layer can reduce the temperature of \u201chotspots\u201d \u2013 overheated areas on solar cells caused by defects, shading from leaves, bird droppings or dirt \u2013 by 16 degrees Celsius, or nearly 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Hotspots are a common cause of solar panel failure and fire risk.<br \/>\n\u201cOn a global scale, our developed cooling strategy can&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3341723\/chinese-teams-hydrogel-coating-boosts-solar-panel-power-output-13-ideal-hot-regions?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have developed a hydrogel cooling coating for solar panels to boost power output by 13 per cent compared to conventional photovoltaic systems.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145371"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}