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Originally Posted by jambutty
If that is true how do you explain this?
Of visible light, violet has the most energy and red the least.
As stated on http://www.howstuffworks.com/light3.htm
Is a well respected site correct and you have got yourself mixed up or are you right and they are wrong?
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They're right, i'm right, you have misunderstood them. Not once does it state how the light works with solar cells. The extra energy makes no difference, it is nowhere near as efficient with blue light.
Correct violet wavelengths are shorter and hence there is more energy. However i explicitly said that it's because of the way solar panels work and the efficiency of them as to why the blue end of the spectrum does not work very well. It doesn't matter how much energy they carry, it matters WHAT WORKS WITH SOLAR PANELS. Which is undoubtedly the red end of the spectrum.
Check
http://www.iee.cz/iwtpv04/6-Pociask.ppt slide number 32. Much more efficient type of cell than yours, but you get the picture. The lower the wavelength the lower the efficiency. Blue light has a shorter wavelength = not as efficient with solar cells.
This does clear it up. It is scientific fact that solar cells are not as efficient with the lower end of the spectrum. It showed up on the first google link about the subject, however I did have to do some searching to get a graph to visually display it.
I do hope you'll finally accept it because i've wrote a heck of a lot on this thread in an effort to explain things to you.