/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/3d-solar-cells-thinking-outside-the-plane3D Solar collection concept (via Solar3D) Another solar vie for the record holder. An obvious draw back to the conventional solar panel is that it attempts to capture, in a flat area, a highly reflective entity which travels through three-d...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/3d-solar-cells-thinking-outside-the-planeTue, 06 Mar 2012 20:44:30 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:83e21d4e-55ef-4b51-b818-eae8b0db9322DAB0<p>Hi Cabe,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I had a similar idea about a year ago, but injured my elbow before I could build a test rig to see if a 3D photocell construction could improve the amount of energy extracted from a given area.&nbsp; I still want to do the experiment, but I need to get the elbow working again.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I do like where the innovation is going for the solar business.&nbsp; If you cannot make your sensors more efficient, then work on ways to get more energy per square foot.&nbsp; Other than a little increase to material costs, you can boost the energy per given area.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=13683&AppID=45&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">