A Purdue University-led team developed a new ceramic-metal composite and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power – as heat energy – more efficient in generating electricity. Full Story: http://bit.ly/2PGAzlA “Storing solar energy as heat can already be cheaper than storing energy via batteries, so the next step is reducing the cost of generating electricity from the sun's heat with the added benefit of zero greenhouse gas emissions,” said Kenneth Sandhage, Purdue’s Reilly Professor of Materials Engineering. The research, done at Purdue University in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, published in the journal Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0593-1 The work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Music: "Throughout the City" by David Szesztay via freemusicarchive.org Additional Video: KeepItCleanCreative - https://youtu.be/QTNU1JMhzxA Bogusz OdrobiÅ„ski and Dariusz Jaworski from Seco/Warwick S.A. #material #renewableenergy #composite #purdue SUBSCRIBE TO PURDUE ENGINEERING: Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/subscribe-engr-youtube For the latest news, visit: http://engineering.purdue.edu/News Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/PurdueEngineering Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PurdueEngineers Heart us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/PurdueEngineers Contact us about this video: [email protected] Purdue University's College of Engineering is among the largest in the United States and includes 13 academic programs, all with high rankings. U.S. News and World Report ranks Purdue Engineering in the Top 10 nationwide.