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willyolio t1_iy037qr wrote

how efficient would it be with 2 Suns?

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muwenjie t1_iy1gi0k wrote

Typically increasing the number of suns on solar cells increases their efficiency by a small amount, but the tradeoff is that the increased temperature decreases their efficiency - one terrestrial application of these sorts of cells is to sit at the centre of a field of heliostats in a kind of similar concentrating setup to solar thermal power plants, so you only need a small amount of high-efficiency solar cells operating at hundred/thousands of suns to harness a large amount of solar

These cells don't seem to be designed for that though

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DanceDelievery t1_iy6pwvn wrote

We could probably get more suns to move into our neighbourhood if we start getting our shit together.

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