In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sun, 6 Nov 2016 16:21:52 -0500: Hi, [snip] >This is a false equivalence. It depends on the format in which the >energy is produced. An explosion projects energy in expanding >particles. The SunCell projects energy as photons in the EUV energy >range.
It doesn't really make much difference. There is an upper limit on power density determined by the materials used. If photons can't escape, they will heat the materials of the structure, causing failure. Mills has already demonstrated this dramatically. Where that limit lies exactly however is determined by many factors, but primarily by conversion efficiency, cooling, and materials used. IOW you can't increase power density beyond the point where all the power can be removed, or the temperature will rise until the structure fails. > >A technology can be developed and is currently in development that >converts photon energy directly into electron flow by downshifting the >EUV to longer wavelength EMF and generating current from that >converted EMF. Yes, but that too has a conversion efficiency. >See nano antenna > >http://epjam.edp-open.org/articles/epjam/pdf/2015/01/epjam150012.pdf Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
