Currently, most electricity producing solar panels are built based on mechanically static photovoltaic principles which is technically limited and has limited output efficiency.

The unbiased operating mode of a photodiode in which current travel through the device is entirely due to the transduced light energy.

Essentially all current photovoltaic devices are various type of photodiode. Standard solar panels have limits inherent to their technological platform which have halted their growth and wide use. Solar panel produced electricity is currently more expensive than other forms, diminish efficiency due to rapid aging and deterioration, not available at night, even with plenty of light around lower temperatures will diminish output.

Further, needs storage and complementary systems to be reliable. Limited power density of average daily insolation in the contiguous USA 3-7 kW.h/m2 and much lower in North Europe. Current solar panel cells even thin film types are light angle sensitive.

Ultimately electricity produced by photo–voltaic panels is in DC and needs to be converted to AC via grid tie inverter to be used in households, result is a loss of additional 4-12% output. Every effort is being made to improve the output and life span of such panels.

Photo Kinesis based Micro Mechanical Arrays solar panel technology. (PKMMA)

Herein I am proposing an entirely different PV. design technology concept based on photokinesis principles. Novel solar panels will be built employing arrays of tiny vacuum sealed cells containing photo kinetic micro mechanical electricity generator ,(Photon mills or micro miniaturized radiometers).

Each micromechanical vacuumed cell will act like classic radiometer in a vacuumed bulb, rotating via photonic/radiation impact on dark surface, reflecting on light surface, while generating electricity in a surround magnetic field and supported by a semi conductive substrate that will collect and submit voltage to the output.

Cells will be topped by an efficiently formed lens arrayed surface. These PV. Panels, sturdier and with longer life span, will be just as efficient in lower temperatures due to their mechanical nature vs. photodiode function which diminish output in lower temperatures. Additionally the current can be produced in AC and there will be no need to convert to DC. .

Radiometers also known to collect energy from any irradiative source, thus increasing the output by utilizing bandwidths beyond light wave.

This new technology will be ideal for space solar panel applications due to abundance of unhindered outer space radiation.

PKMEMA Solar Panels will have minimum of rapid aging and/or chemical disposition issues inherent to traditional photovoltaic panels, saving efforts of frequent replacements specially in hard to reach environments such as space applications.

Due to continuous advancements in new micro electro/mechanical device technology (MEMS), ceilings set by inherent photodiode nature of current panels will no longer hinder the rapid advancement to better panels.

Cells can be designed with multiple light angle sensitivities, micro lens array designs eliminating light angle issues and transparent substrates which allow stacking of the panels or 3D arrangements. This technology can be developed through DLP TI. technology, a micro mechanical technology widely used in long life Digital Light Projection HDTV sets.
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