It’s not just a 10% increase in productivity, it produces fresh water as a byproduct:
Furthermore, the photovoltaic leaf is capable of synergistically utilising the recovered heat to co-generate additional thermal energy and freshwater simultaneously within the same component, significantly elevating the overall solar utilisation efficiency from 13.2% to over 74.5%, along with over 1.1 L/h/m2 of clean water.
It’s not just a 10% increase in productivity, it produces fresh water as a byproduct:
where does the salt go? wouldn’t it build up in the pipes and cause them to get clogged?
Only if the water evaporates within the pipes?
Thats pretty cool, although that is not even mentioned in the article unless Im missing something.
The article is extremely light on detail
That bleeping lobster linked the actual paper
https://lemmy.world/comment/2756145
1.1l/h/m2 ? That means 25m2 generate 27.5l/h so 660l a day. That’s huge.