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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Self-Powered Autonomous Electrostatic Dust Removal for Solar Panels by an Electret Generator.

Rong Ding, Zeyuan Cao, Junchi Teng, Yujia Cao, Xiaoyu Qian, Wei Yue, Xiangzhu Yuan, Kang Deng, Zibo Wu, Shuiqing Li and 2 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Coverable Self-Cleaning Glass via Abnormal Transport and Jump of Charged Particles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  3. Self-Powered Autonomous Electrostatic Dust Removal for Solar Panels by an Electret Generator.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Rong DingState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5187-8193
Zeyuan CaoState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Junchi TengState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Yujia CaoState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Xiaoyu QianKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Wei YueBerkeley Sensor and Actuator Center and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Xiangzhu YuanState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Kang DengState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Zibo WuState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Shuiqing LiKey Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Liwei LinBerkeley Sensor and Actuator Center and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Xiongying YeState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1752-3003

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation BX20220162Guoqiang Institute, Tsinghua University 2021GQG1019NSFC 52275563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar panels often suffer from dust accumulation, significantly reducing their output, especially in desert regions where many of the world's largest solar plants are located. Here, an autonomous dust removal system for solar panels, powered by a wind-driven rotary electret generator is proposed. The generator applies a high voltage between one solar panel's output electrode and an upper mesh electrode to generate a strong electrostatic field. It is discovered that dust particles on the insulative glass cover of the panel can be charged under the high electrical field, assisted by adsorbed water, even in low-humidity environments. The charged particles are subsequently repelled from the solar panel with the significant Coulomb force. Two panels covered with sand dust are cleaned in only 6.6 min by a 15 cm diameter rotary electret generator at 1.6 m s

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dust removalelectret generatorelectrostaticsolar panelwater adsorption

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PMID38704732
PMCPMC11234423

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