alt.energy.renewable

"Dunc" wrote in message
news:14f04e4c-c02c-4bb2-9e4b-0b63a43f8103@ ...
> Before I retired I work for Bayer . They made a polycarbonate
> material
> that if I remember correctly was called "LISA". One of it's
> properties was
> that 80% of the light that fell on it surface came out on the edges. I
> saw
> plastic sculptures that exhibited this property.
>
> My question is:
>
> Has there been any work done on using this material as a means of
> concentrating light to reduce the number of solar cells required to
> collect
> light from a giving area thereby reducing the cost of solar energy?

An associated question would be - Can solar cells handle intensified sunlight,
and does their output increase as the light level does?

Bob