846% Sun Never Sets Drone!

Chapter 45: 84.6% Sun Never Sets Drone!

Arriving on the second floor.

Chen Yi opened his computer and pulled up the previous drone design blueprints.

He connected the 3D printer and reprinted a batch of drone components.

The ion propulsion drone from the previous test flight had its battery attributes adjusted, and the equipped radar imaging module and communication module were also the product of multiple iterations.

Now, he was adding solar panels and external functional modules.

The item's quantum domain would collapse and reorganize again, making it impossible to read subsequent information.

To make further improvements and read technical information, he had to use unadjusted, non-iterated material components and build a new drone from scratch.

He observed for a while, confirming the 3D printer was operating normally.

Chen Yi picked up the previous drone, connected it to his computer, and exported the test flight data from the last Black Eagle hunt.

The data was exporting automatically.

Chen Yi then went over to the battery production equipment and restarted it to produce another batch of batteries.

Several hours later.

The new drone components, engine modules, and batteries were all produced.

Chen Yi picked up the still-warm components and quickly assembled the drone, then uploaded the avionics control program he had manually written.

Next, he carefully connected the pure, original, unadjusted battery, which had a theoretical safety attribute of 10 but an actual safety attribute of only 1.4, in series.

"Phew, it didn't explode. Looks like my tech is better than Samsung's Note 7."

Seeing that the battery was successfully installed and the expected smoke, fire, and explosion did not occur, Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up the solar panel next to him, boosted and rectified it, and connected it to the battery's charging port.

[Item: Ion Propulsion Drone]

[Attributes: Energy x42.1(!), Speed x1.6, Mass x21, Stability x2.6, Strength x14, Communication x12.5, Radar Imaging x10.6, Avionics x34.5, Aesthetics x3.8, Endurance Replenishment x4.6]

[Consciousness Wave: 6801203]

[Note: This is a uniquely designed ion propulsion aircraft, but unfortunately, its unsafe and unstable energy core makes it full of danger. The cumbersome endurance replenishment module causes stability, speed, aesthetics, and other attributes to decline sharply, making normal flight impossible.]

"I didn't expect this explosive battery to even get a warning exclamation mark."

Chen Yi took a few steps back, ensuring he was at the maximum safe distance for attribute adjustment.

Whoosh!

A colorful light bloomed.

It enveloped the drone with the solar panel on its back in front of Chen Yi.

The solar panel's attributes were rapidly adjusting, its shape and form constantly changing.

After more than ten seconds, the light dissipated.

The original thick, hard, square monocrystalline silicon solar panel disappeared.

In its place was a special, semi-transparent black film.

Faint golden threads spread across the film, forming small nodes like slime mold, eventually converging into two wires that connected to the drone's charging port.

"This looks a bit like the flexible circuit board inside those old membrane keyboards."

Chen Yi examined the brand-new solar circuit board and checked the drone's attributes.

[Item: Ion Propulsion Drone]

[Attributes: Energy x21.1(!), Speed x2.6, Mass x21, Stability x2.6, Strength x14, Communication x12.5, Radar Imaging x10.6, Avionics x34.5, Aesthetics x4.8, Endurance Recharge x24.6]

[Consciousness Wave: 6790203]

[Detected an attribute exceeding its initial value. Do you wish to read the information? Yes/No!]

[Note: This is a uniquely designed ion propulsion aircraft, but unfortunately, its unsafe and unstable energy core makes it full of danger. The thin endurance replenishment module also causes its stability, speed, aesthetics, and other attributes to decline. Perhaps, you can find a way to adhere the film to the fuselage surface, which might bring you some surprises.]

"The solar panel turned into a solar film, and the aesthetics improved a bit."

"Attaching the film to the fuselage surface, that idea is exactly what I wanted. It seems the system understands me quite well."

"But sadly, it's just a simple attachment. It won't be able to withstand very high speeds."

Chen Yi looked at the evaluation in the notes, not rushing to read the information.

Instead, he took out a piece of monocrystalline silicon solar panel, connected it to a high-precision current and power meter, and placed it under the sun on the balcony.

Then, he connected the solar film to the same current and power meter.

He spread them out together with the monocrystalline silicon solar panel and placed them on the balcony to bask in the sunlight.

Five minutes later.

Chen Yi recorded the power values of the single solar panel and the solar cell film, then measured their areas to finally derive their solar energy conversion efficiencies.

"After calculation, per unit area.

The average power of the battery film over ten minutes is 42 watts, and the power of the monocrystalline silicon solar panel over ten minutes is 21 watts.

Compared to the actual 18% solar energy conversion rate of most monocrystalline silicon solar panels.

This battery film's solar energy conversion rate has reached 35.9%."

Looking at the calculated numbers, Chen Yi shook his head in disappointment.

A solar energy conversion rate of 35.9%.

It was still far from the standard he required.

As far as he knew, as early as two years ago.

Eagle Country's NREL researchers had already used II-V group compound materials to develop solar panels with nearly 50% conversion efficiency in the laboratory.

"Read information."

Dense information appeared in Chen Yi's mind.

Compared to the complex material structures or dense algorithms before.

This time, the information was relatively simple.

It was a thin-film semiconductor material produced by chemical deposition with a light-concentrating structure, along with corresponding processes for slicing, stringing, splicing, laminating, and compound encapsulation.

The process was very ordinary; any solar panel manufacturing plant could complete it.

The real essence was this special semiconductor material.

Common polycrystalline silicon or monocrystalline silicon solar panels.

These convert light energy into electrical energy through the photoelectric effect of semiconductors.

However, due to the high reflectivity of monocrystalline silicon material itself, a considerable amount of energy was reflected away.

In some giant solar photovoltaic bases, the reflected light was so intense that birds flying by could sometimes be stunned by the heat.

The current unique thin-film semiconductor compound material, through its special microscopic structure.

Like a magnifying glass.

It concentrates the light rays shone from the outside, reduces reflection, and increases the intensity and efficiency of light conversion.

"It seems that improving the light-concentrating effect of the material and reducing reflection."

"This should be the technological breakthrough direction for the next generation of solar panels."

Chen Yi guessed in his heart and continued to adjust his attributes.

[Energy: 21.1 → 7.1]

[Avionics: 34.5 → 24.5]

[Endurance Supplement: 24.6 → 44.6]

[Stability: 2.6 → 4.6]

[Speed: 2.6 → 4.6]

[Detected an attribute exceeding the initial value, do you want to read information? Yes/No!]

The light faded, and a thin, translucent plate appeared before Chen Yi's eyes.

The original solar cell thin film had become hard, strong, and firm again.

Connecting a high-precision power meter, Chen Yi, as usual, conducted a comparative test with the monocrystalline silicon solar panel.

"Average 64 watts in ten minutes, 54.8% conversion rate. Read information."

After a period of testing and calculation, Chen Yi obtained the conversion efficiency of this solar panel.

Without hesitation, he directly chose to read the information.

"II-V group, gallium nitride compound material.

It also has a light-concentrating structure to reduce light reflection.

At the same time, the photoelectric effect is more pronounced, reducing the internal resistance of the solar panel.

The heat dissipation effect is also better, reducing the loss caused by increased resistance due to elevated temperature from sunlight during the day."

Chen Yi pondered and digested the information in his mind.

After a long while, he suddenly realized and guessed, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the solar panel researched by Eagle Country's NREL researchers using II-V group compound materials in the laboratory.

And it's an even more refined, industrialized, and advanced version of the technology.

It seems I need to sort out the technical details when I have time.

Before Eagle Country's technology is still in the laboratory stage and before industrial mass production, I'll register for some global patents.

It's always sweeter to pick someone else's peaches!"

Chen Yi added this to his to-do list and looked at the drone in front of him, continuing to adjust its attributes.

[Avionics: 24.5 → 7.5]

[Endurance Recharge: 44.6 → 69.6]

[Stability: 4.6 → 7.6]

[Speed: 4.6 → 7.6]

[Communication: 12.5 → 7.5]

[Mass: 21 → 9]

A colorful light emerged.

The drone's attributes were rapidly adjusted.

When the light dissipated, the previously hard, rigid gallium nitride solar panels had changed.

They had transformed into a hazy, distorted solar cell film, its color like the black crystals of a mirage, the entire thing filled with a soft, thin solar cell film.

"It's reached the limit."

Chen Yi looked at the Endurance Recharge attribute, which had reached 69.6 and couldn't be adjusted any higher.

He understood in his heart that this was likely the limit of the solar panels.

Although the photoelectric effect is a physical phenomenon at the atomic level, it can achieve energy conversion efficiencies far exceeding chemical energy.

For example, the electromagnetic force effect of an electric motor can easily achieve energy conversion rates of over 90%.

However, compared to the sealed environment of an electric motor, the efficiency of solar panels, which are affected by external environmental factors, would naturally be much lower.

As for 100%...

Thermodynamic limitations.

Even the most powerful motors and solar panels couldn't reach 100%.

"Let's test it and see if it breaks 80%."

Chen Yi connected a power meter to the battery film and, before the sun set, hurried to conduct the test.

After more than ten minutes of testing, the results were in.

"Average of 98.7 watts per ten minutes, 84.6%! Hiss!"

Looking at the conversion efficiency value, Chen Yi couldn't help but gasp.

The conversion value exceeded his imagination!

It could convert 84.6% of solar energy into electrical energy.

"With this solar cell film..."

A startling thought flashed through Chen Yi's mind: "It seems, based on this solar cell film, I can design a truly sun-never-setting drone."

"The sun never sets, and I won't fall!"

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