Re: photovoltaic cell spectral sensitivity?

From: Nicholas O. Lindan (see_at_sig.com)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:57:10 GMT

"Mark Fergerson" <nunya@biz.ness> wrote

> See, I plan to hide said scavenged cells under simulated
> gemstones (don't ask why), and now I get to
> find suitable fake stones that will pass enough NIR to be
> worthwhile.

Some minerals should pass IR very well. I know quartz does,
that should open up a whole range of colored quartzs. I have
a suspicion that garnet is also IR transparent. And diamond
certainly is.

> I've seen info that claims [solar cells] are indeed AR coated...

I'll be darned. It's a coating of TiO2 --

 http://www.titaniumart.com/titanium-info.html

I had always thought of titanium oxide as the
'white pigment' in paints, etc. 

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