Comment by bagels Comment by bagels 21 hours ago 1 reply Copy Link View on Hacker News They'll only get so hot, and you can just spread the energy across more cells, right?
Copy Link IX-103 12 hours ago Collapse Comment - You end up with a thermal runaway situation where the hotter the photovoltaics get, the more energy they convert to heat (instead of reflecting or converting to electricity). Reply View | 0 replies
You end up with a thermal runaway situation where the hotter the photovoltaics get, the more energy they convert to heat (instead of reflecting or converting to electricity).