[hliyan]

What would it take for a solar cell to directly output alternating current?

Edit: prior art: https://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/~crose/428_html/projects11/Di...

[jeffreygoesto]

Alternating sun and moon exposure.

[WithinReason]

So Earth spinning very fast

[mr_toad]

It might be easier to spin the panel.

[XorNot]

Micro inverters are a thing: https://enphase.com/en-au/installers/microinverters

They work for individual solar panels.

[euroderf]

Yes. These output AC per-panel. Connect'em in parallel. Presumably the amperage is related to the incident light intensity.

[pjc50]

Entertaining idea, the panel with a 50Hz fan blade in front of it, but in practice it's much better to not compromise the beautiful simplicity of the photodiode and just stick an inverter on the back.