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Article #14425Re: SOLAR CELLS WITH HIGHPWER TO AREA RATIO
From: Ron Carter
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 17:25
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 17:25
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In article <17973@chaph.usc.edu> rajha@girtab.usc.edu (T.R. Rajha) writes: [wants a high power/area solar cell] >The device will be used mostly indoors. Therefore the solar cell >should be able to operate in the indoor ambient lighting including >incandecent and fluorescent lights. Have you considered how little power is available in most interior lighting? >It should be able to deliver a charge of approx. 50 mA at 4 volts So you want 200 mW output. >It should fit in area of approx. 60 sq. cm So, 3.3 mW/cm^2, or 33 W/m^2. Direct sunlight is about 1 KW/m^2 under the atmosphere. The most efficient gallium-arsenide solar cells are something like 20% efficient; they would produce 200 W/m^2 in full sunlight. If you used them in your system, you would be able to produce your desired power down to about 1/6 of full-solar illumination (170 W/m^2). Indoor lighting is nowhere near that powerful. I'm afraid you want something which doesn't exist. Sorry.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!fmsrl7!wreck From: wreck@fmsrl7.UUCP (Ron Carter) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: SOLAR CELLS WITH HIGHPWER TO AREA RATIO Summary: Can't do what you want done. Message-ID: <44266@fmsrl7.UUCP> Date: 24 Jun 91 17:25:36 GMT References: <17973@chaph.usc.edu> Reply-To: wreck@fmsrl7.UUCP (Ron Carter) Organization: Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Labs, Dearborn, MI Lines: 27