--- title: Samsung SolarCell Remote: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 description: Find out why Samsung SolarCell Remote is one of the best inventions of 2022 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225221/samsung-solarcell-remote/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-11-10T11:06:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:08:08.227Z og:title: Samsung SolarCell Remote: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:description: Find out why Samsung SolarCell Remote made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225221/samsung-solarcell-remote/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fbad8af5f8bf11f/698a3752e6e84a5f6f2af80e/best-inventions-2022-samsung-solarcell-remote.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Samsung SolarCell Remote: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Samsung SolarCell Remote: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 twitter:description: Find out why Samsung SolarCell Remote made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fbad8af5f8bf11f/698a3752e6e84a5f6f2af80e/best-inventions-2022-samsung-solarcell-remote.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2022 # Forever Self-Charging Samsung SolarCell Remote by Jillian Mock  This television remote takes care of itself in a few different ways. Unlike its [predecessor](https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2021/6115533/samsung-eco-remote/ "undefined") released last year, Samsung’s [SolarCell Remote](https://www.redsharknews.com/samsungs-self-charging-solarcell-remote-offers-intriguing-possibilities "undefined") can harvest [radiofrequency energy](https://www.makeuseof.com/samsung-tv-remote-power-over-wifi/ "undefined") from nearby devices like WiFi routers. (Solar cells on the remote’s back can also charge the device using both natural and artificial light; a USB charge port is also built in.) The 2022 iteration is made from recycled materials and is 88% more efficient than the earlier version; it also completely avoids traditional chemical batteries, using a capacitor instead. Samsung projects that 24 million SolarCell remotes, which are included with the company’s [new TVs](https://www.samsung.com/ca/support/tv-audio-video/tv-solarcell-remote "undefined") and not sold separately, will be in use globally by the end of this year. That means fewer batteries in the trash, at least due to watching the tube. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225221/samsung-solarcell-remote/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225221/samsung-solarcell-remote/"},"headline":"Forever Self-Charging","datePublished":"2022-11-10T11:06:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:08:08.227Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225221/samsung-solarcell-remote/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","best inventions","Best Inventions 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fbad8af5f8bf11f/698a3752e6e84a5f6f2af80e/best-inventions-2022-samsung-solarcell-remote.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jillian Mock","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jillian-mock/"}],"creator":"Jillian Mock","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fbad8af5f8bf11f/698a3752e6e84a5f6f2af80e/best-inventions-2022-samsung-solarcell-remote.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225221/samsung-solarcell-remote/","name":"Forever Self-Charging"}}]}] ```