Solar Botanic’s Nanoleaf: too good to be true?
The essential element in this technology is Solar Botanic’s artificial leaf (Nanoleaf) which captures the sun’s radiant energy in photovoltaic and thermovoltaic cells converting the radiation into electricity, says a company press release.
Simultaneously as the wind blows the layers of voltaic material in the stems, twigs and branches are moved, compressed and stretched, creating electricity.
Thus as the sun shines, the winds blow and the rain falls, millions of micro circuits are activated, each making its contribution to the electrical energy of the tree.
An average tree with a canopy of about 6 sq meters can create enough energy to provide for the needs of an average household.