Belmiro Matsinhe, a professor at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) Science Faculty, is developing a module that serves as a solar energy collector to power several electronic devices. 

The device is composed of a set of cells that receive solar energy and, in turn, impinge on the cells of the module that converts it into electric current.

According to Matsinhe, the author of the research, the production of the current happens due to the phenomenon of conduction of electrons that culminates with their movement within the cell, thus producing the energy capable of powering any device in a home.

The researcher added that the module can be associated with others or even with a solar plate and be used indoors to power devices such as fans, sound appliances, lamps, pumps to draw water from wells, and others.

This innovative initiative was presented at an exhibition held recently at the main Campus of UEM, in the context of the International Conference alluding to the celebrations of 60 years of higher education in Mozambique and Angola.

The occasion was taken to present an optical telescope and a psychometer used by meteorologists to measure the humidity in the air.