Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01013
To: Alexander H Farley afarley@sas.upenn.edu
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:43:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re:Solar cell recommendations?
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Alexander H Farley wrote:
> The Panasonic Suncerams will only be the best for the next six
> months to a year. In fact silicon based solar cells maybe gon altogether
> very soon. Apparently solar cells have been developed using titanium
> oxides combined with some type of dye (I forget the specific name) which
> outperform silicon cells in efficiency and cost.
Actually, I'm pleased and somewhat surprised that good, small solar
panels are available in singles at all. The market must be very
small indeed. Even if a new and better technology arrives, it is
unlikely to become available to the hobbyist in such handy sizes
and voltages as the Suncerams. The glass face of a watch isn't much
good to us, and window-sized panels don't help us either...
Best,
Steve
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