home made solar panel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:40:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 DIY 3D Solar Panel Powers Electric Motor From 2 LED Flashlights https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ryszard-dzikowski-3d-solar-panel-20100121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ryszard-dzikowski-3d-solar-panel-20100121/#respond Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:40:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6360 Ryszard says it's much more efficient to assemble solar cell this way than put them directly into light, where you'll lose a lot through reflection back into the environment. Some recently invented anti-reflective coatings may even accelerate the light's absorption into the solar cells. This is one of the advantages.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ryszard-dzikowski-3d-solar-panel-20100121/feed/ 0 6360 Homemade Solar Panel with Cells Bought from eBay https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diy-home-made-solar-panel-ebay-2-20080707/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diy-home-made-solar-panel-ebay-2-20080707/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:08:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=384 Today I stumbled upon a web site made by a guy (he's an astronomer) who did his own very cheap solar panel. He has a remote property in Arizona and there isn't any power source, so he had to improvise it by himself.

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