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Only about 5% of the Sun's energy, as filtered by Earth's atmosphere, is ultraviolet. You can block it all with negligible efficiency loss at your solar panel.
by jws 8y ago
Only about 5% of the Sun's energy, as filtered by Earth's atmosphere, is ultraviolet. You can block it all with negligible efficiency loss at your solar panel.
I'm not sure about UV filters that will be stable for 1000 years. Regular glass blocks most UV, but lets through about 25% of the frequencies close to blue.
For museum and artwork protection time frames acrylic is popular. It blocks almost all UV and is still stable after 25 years. I don't know how that extrapolates to 1000 years.