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how can I find out if anyone is currently using my method? I will not provide any details here. But I need some help. I am a theorist, with very little training (my math sucks).

How do the best solar panels work, are their technologies that are not photovoltaic related?

>> No.2128068

bumping with correct spelling/usage of "there"

>are there technologies that are not photovoltaic related?

>> No.2128570

turning solar energy into electricity is stupid and inefficient. use solar energy to power chemical reactions, like plants do.

>> No.2128572

>I am a theorist
>my math sucks
Yeah, good luck with that.

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>>2128061
>theorist
>!mathematician
MFW

>> No.2128586

There are photovoltaic solar plants.

There are reflective solar plants that heat materials used to drive steam turbines.

>> No.2128588

>>2128068
>are there technologies that are not photovoltaic related?

Yes, its called a bunch of mirrors and a big pot of water. Its how all the major solar power plants work.

>> No.2128594

>>2128570

photovoltaic solar plants are more efficient than photosynthesis.

>> No.2128601

Dat solid state physics.

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>>2128594

>more efficient that photosynthesis
>mfw he thinks this is true

>> No.2128689

>>2128570
Besides automobiles, most energy use is in the form of electricity. Converting solar -> chemical -> electrical is bound to be less efficient than solar -> electrical.

>> No.2128721

>>2128619

Solar cells- 6% efficent in very low end cells. 40% in high performance laboratory quality test cells.

plant photosynthesis 3-6% efficiency.

>> No.2129037

>>2128689
"i just say stuff that comes to mind...herp derp..."

http://www.scientificamerican.com/assets/zemi/files/pdf/Reinventing_the_Leaf.pdf

Snip from the article:
But to be saved, Lewis says, humankind needs a radical breakthrough in solar-fuel technology: artificial leaves that will capture solar rays and churn out chemical fuel on the spot, much as plants do. We can burn the fuel, as we do oil or natural gas, to power cars, create heat or generate electricity, and we can store the fuel for use when the sun is down.