Abstract The utilization of solar energy into the rechargeable battery, provides a solution to not only greatly enhance popularity of solar energy, but also directly achieve clean energy charging, especially the simplified solar-powered rechargeable batteries. This concept has been demonstrated via the employment of high-efficiency nanophotocatalysts for capturing solar energy into batteries. In this review, we give a brief generalization on the conventional applications of solar energy, and systematically discuss the new-type applications for rechargeable batteries. Additionally, the challenge and outlook of solar-powered rechargeable batteries have been proposed. The development of solar-powered rechargeable batteries would greatly contribute to building resource-conserving society.

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可充电电池中的太阳能存储

摘要 将太阳能利用到充电电池中，不仅为太阳能的普及提供了一种解决方案，而且可以直接实现清洁能源充电，尤其是简化的太阳能充电电池。这一概念已通过使用高效纳米光催化剂将太阳能捕获到电池中得到证明。在这篇综述中，我们对太阳能的常规应用进行了简要概括，并系统地讨论了可充电电池的新型应用。此外，还提出了太阳能可充电电池的挑战和前景。太阳能充电电池的发展将为建设资源节约型社会做出巨大贡献。