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Turning CDs/DVDs into a solar panel (heliushub.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

These CD solar panels don't work. The most you can really do without manufacturing them is to use LED's as solar cells (since solar cells are basically IR LED's used in reverse), but it's way less efficient.