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According to foreign media reports, scientists are looking for a cost-effective way to capture, store and release solar energy. Swedish researchers say they have found a solution that can use solar energy in a range of consumer applications to heat vehicles. Scientists at Chalmers University of technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, have found a way to store the energy of sunlight as chemical energy from summer to winter - or up to 18 years. The system has a liquid molecule composed of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, which is the first part of the system. Moth Poulsen, 40, a professor in the Department of chemistry and chemical engineering, said the energy storage device is extremely stable and has a life span of 5 to 10 years longer than the typical lithium ion on the market. The most advanced and potentially commercial part of the team's development is a transparent coating that collects solar energy and releases heat, reduces the power required to heat the space, and suppresses carbon emissions. Currently, researchers have applied the coating to an entire campus building to demonstrate the technology. The ideal early use of the technology was to "possibly heat an electric car or a house" in a relatively small space, the researchers said The research group is one of 15 working groups to solve the problem of climate change by using molecular thermal solar energy system. One of the motivation is the Paris Agreement, which requires signatories to control the global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius. The system does not need any rare or expensive elements, so it can have a cost advantage. Jeffrey Grossman, a professor in the Department of materials science and engineering at MIT, who is also developing energy storage molecules, said that the research of Chalmers University of technology is crucial to show us the commercialization of energy conversion and storage methods. Professor moth Poulsen plans to set up a derivative company to advance the technology and said he was in talks with several venture capital investors. According to his estimation, the energy storage device can be commercialized in only six years, while the coating takes three years, and an additional $50 million is expected to be needed to bring the coating to the market. In May this year, the solar project won the arnbergska prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.