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Oh this is probably going to be more practical than another British invention https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=GB&NR=1405575&KC=&loc
by Zenst 6y ago
Oh this is probably going to be more practical than another British invention https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=GB&NR=1405575&KC=&locale=en_ep&FT=E https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC...
I'd say solar panel output would be way more predictable than upon Earth as no chaotic weather systems at play, also larger unfiltered spectrum would mean panels could be tailor made to get higher efficiency than you get per m2 anywhere upon Earth with its atmosphere.
- dmurray 6y agoWouldn't an unfiltered spectrum mean you'd need to tailor your solar panels less, and likely get lower efficiency (fewer watts of electricity per watt of sunlight) than on Earth? You'd still get more watts per square metre, because the atmosphere wouldn't be in the way.
- Zenst 6y agoI'm sure the moon has it's own environmental factors that would impact materiel choices and make some more suitable than others. So having a wider spectrum of light at suitable levels to tap into, whilst that opens up the possibility to tap into a larger spectrum at the required power levels to generate electricity. It maybe that being able to use some materials have advantages and tap a part of the spectrum that would not be viable upon earth proves more suitable. you can visualise it better here and whilst this is measuring upper atmosphere levels and not space - you get an idea: http://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/GenChem2/A2/1.html http://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/GenChem2/A2/1.html