• Question: Can radiation absorb light better than solar panels can?

    Asked by [Username Deleted] to Nicholas on 11 Nov 2015.
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      Nicholas Pearce answered on 11 Nov 2015:

      Hey,

      Sunlight and other light is radiation – it’s called electromagnetic radiation and it made of exactly the same as radiation like gamma rays. There are other types of radiation called alpha and beta too, but none of these forms can absorb light better than a solar panel.

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