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Abstract

A wall module used to retrofit any existing building into solar building or construct new solar building is made of a hybrid photovoltaic and solar thermal plate, a heat pipe, a solid thermal energy storage, a glass cover, and a heat-pump system. When the incident sunlight penetrating through the transparent glass cover reaches to the cogeneration plate, portion of it is converted into electricity and the rest becomes into heat; then the heat is transferred back to the solid thermal storage; when it is needed for heating and cooling, the stored heat is retrieved and transported to its destination with heat pump system; during the transportation process, the temperature of the stored heat is boosted up. Any buildings, no matter existing building or new building, can be converted into a large scale solar power generation and storage station using the wall modules of present invention without changing their structures and functions. As the buildings share the insulation with the wall modules, the addition of the wall modules will significantly improve the encapsulation of the buildings. The wall modules change the whole body of building into large scale storage without occupying the interior space of the building.

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