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CheeseFromLidl
220 days ago
A terrahertz rectifier would be a boon for solar energy.
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K0balt
220 days ago
I’m curious, how so?
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CheeseFromLidl
218 days ago
With terrahertz rectifiers you can use antennas and diodes to convert light to DC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna
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K0balt
217 days ago
Ooooh yeah! They’d have to work right at the antenna, but maybe some kind of metamaterial process could make more efficient solar panels that way? Hard To imaging that they would be cheap Though.
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