Solar Power and Solar Panels

Can any light reflecting object be a material for making solar panels? If not please tell me what can.?

I was thinking if I can make the cheapest solar panel ever!!! Sorry if I’m getting so ambitious. I just want to have a clean free electricity powered household.

Well theoretically they can, but you don’t want reflective solar panels! That’s just an effect of how they are currently made. The best solar panels keep in the most UV rays, they just haven’t found a way to make a dark material that has the same photovoltaic effect (making light into energy). They have already made a certain type of fabric 100x darker than black. reflectivity is around 0.01% and there are plans to put it in solar panels as it with keep in the most UV rays which are what makes the energy, not the visible light. A bit of extra info – the black is made of tubes 1 atom in diameter. Amazing huh? But if you’ve got a good idea don’t be afraid to discuss it with local universities even if you don’t attend! They will love to help and give feedback. Keep up the thinking . It could be you who solves our global dilemma!!