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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...




Alternating sun and moon exposure.


So Earth spinning very fast


It might be easier to spin the panel.


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

They work for individual solar panels.


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


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.




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