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The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has been developing a prototype, according to Robologic Lab, by integrating thermoradiative panels so that they can generate energy due to radiative cooling.
The parallels between a conventional solar panel and the proposed new night ones were observed by Jeremy Munday, an electrical and computer engineer from UC Davis. You have to use different materials, but the physics is the same, he added.
A regular solar cell produces electricity by absorbing sunlight, allowing a voltage to appear around the system and flow for current, Science Daily said. Light is generated instead in these modern devices, and the current and voltage go in the opposite direction, but you still produce electricity.