Iiseli zelanga ezingafihliyo ayisiyombono intsha, kodwa ngenxa yeengxaki zezinto ezikumaleko we-semiconductor, le ngcamango ibinzima ukuyiguqulela ekusebenzeni. Nangona kunjalo, kutsha nje, izazinzulu kwiYunivesithi yase-Incheon yeSouth Korea zenze iseli yelanga esebenzayo ngokudibeneyo ngokudibanisa izinto ezimbini ezinokubakho semiconductor (titanium dioxide kunye ne-nickel oxide).

Iipaneli zelanga ezingabonakaliyo zandisa ngokubanzi uluhlu lwesicelo samandla elanga. Iiseli zelanga ezingasetyenziswanga zinokusetyenziswa kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwizikrini zefowuni ephathekayo ukuya kwizakhiwo ezide kunye neemoto. Iqela lophando lifunde ngesicelo esinokubakho se-metal oxide ebonakalayo ye-photovoltaic (TPV) yeepaneli zelanga. Ngokufaka umaleko omncinci we-silicon phakathi kweemiconductors ezibini zesinyithi ezibonakalayo, iiseli zelanga zinokusetyenziselwa iimeko zemozulu ezinesibane esiphantsi kwaye zinokusebenzisa ukukhanya okude. Kuvavanyo, iqela lisebenzise uhlobo olutsha lwepaneli yelanga ukuqhuba inqwelo mafutha, kwaye iziphumo zovavanyo zibonise ukuba umbane uveliswe ngokukhawuleza, uluncedo ngokukodwa kubantu ukuhlawulisa izixhobo ekuhambeni. Eyona nto iphosakeleyo kwitekhnoloji yangoku kukusebenza ngokusezantsi, ikakhulu ngenxa yokucaca kwendalo ye-zinc kunye ne-nickel oxide. Abaphandi baceba ukuphucula ii-nanocrystals, i-sulfide semiconductors kunye nezinye izinto ezintsha.

Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, njengoko amazwe kwihlabathi liphela enika ingqwalaselo kwimiba yemozulu kunye nokukhawulezisa inkqubo yokuhanjiswa kwamandla ombane, amashishini okuhambisa umbane elanga nangaphandle aye ithandwa ngakumbi nangakumbi. Banokusinika ngombane oluhlaza ngakumbi nokusingqongileyo, kodwa basinike nengcinga entsha malunga nophuhliso lwamandla amatsha. Nje ukuba iseli yelanga ebonakalayo ithengiswe, uluhlu lwesicelo sayo luya kwandiswa kakhulu, hayi eluphahleni kuphela kodwa nanjengendawo yeefestile okanye iindonga zekhethini zeglasi, zombini zisebenza kwaye zintle.