In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 2 Oct 2012 08:13:27 -0400: Hi, [snip] >The Spin Cell concentrates the light and avoids the heat. Light is >transferred to electricity in nanoseconds. Heat is transferred in >milliseconds (1000X longer). The PV on the Spin Cell captures the >light, generates the electrical energy and then spins away avoiding >heat build up in the PV. > With normal solar cells, the cell is exposed to the light 100% of the time that the light is shining. If the cell "spins away" then it clearly isn't exposed to the light, therefore during the time that it is not exposed, it generates no energy. I wonder what it averages out to if this is taken into account?
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