Adding to what Eldest_Malk said: They aren’t just putting a new type of lens over standard solar cells, they are also designing/fabricating custom cells to work with the lenses. [I’m not a PV expert, but the fact that the IEEE paper focuses so much on the cells and not just the lenses leads me to believe that the lenses can’t just be used with whatever standardized solar cells are on the market]
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
The cells are super expensive but super small. They need cooling for efficiency, but if the heat moving is useful, can ignore the energy cost.