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[ramset]

More substance but still hearsay


The Barker Solar Harness - 09/19/97

Alex mentioned an inventor named Owen P. Barker, who secured patent number 5,009,243 in 1991 for a 'Solar Harness'.
The device was based on solar cells placed in a chamber filled with CO2 gas. Magnets were placed near the solar cells to align the current flow in a specific direction.
The claim is that such a unit when exposed to direct sunlight, would produce up to 50 amperes at the combined voltage of the solar cells.
When xenon gas was used instead of CO2, the amperage could go as high as 70 amps.
Somehow the magnetic field is supposed to enhance the generated current.
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still no Good contact info for the inventor

[tinman]

More substance but still hearsay


The Barker Solar Harness - 09/19/97

Alex mentioned an inventor named Owen P. Barker, who secured patent number 5,009,243 in 1991 for a 'Solar Harness'.
The device was based on solar cells placed in a chamber filled with CO2 gas. Magnets were placed near the solar cells to align the current flow in a specific direction.
The claim is that such a unit when exposed to direct sunlight, would produce up to 50 amperes at the combined voltage of the solar cells.
When xenon gas was used instead of CO2, the amperage could go as high as 70 amps.
Somehow the magnetic field is supposed to enhance the generated current.
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still no Good contact info for the inventor

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[Reiyuki]

So you're basically saying the solar cell is being used kinda like a capacitor? (ie: for charge separation?)


The biggest mystery though, is what role the pressurized gas is playing in all of this?

[lancaIV]

"like a capacitor",the total system: yes, not only the use of the solar cells !

http://www.google.com/patents/US5009243
".......In addition to the solar harness of the present invention, it has been discovered that the solar harness, when placed in an evacuated container, will experience further increased efficiency and increased output. Thus, the present invention solar harness may include a container which is transmissive to sunlight and this may be partially or completely made of glass, quartz or similar material. Additionally, it may be partially or nearly completely evacuated or the air may be replaced with a more useful gas such as inert gases like neon or such as other gases which are easily ionizable. It is believed that the substitution of air with these kinds of gases or the removal of a substantial number of air molecules allows for more photons to arrive at the solar cell surfaces. ....."

                                                               "Ionizer"-function
                             Decelerating the velocity : resistance to "Recombination" ?

Photoelectric   : Photons
Thermoelectric: Phonons (acoustics,noise)

To estimate and understand the internal process ,probably as a help :
http://www.google.com/patents/US3890161
Any heating of the diode array above absolute zero will cause thermal agitation of electrons with the junction layer. This thermal noise, or Johnson noise, is in effect an external signal and not an equilibrium prodnet. This signal in a diode either activates attracting carriers which recombine conveying currents or activates repelling carriers which convey little current. The electrostatic sorting requires less energy than the signal itself and is as reliable as the location of fixed carriers.
The diode formed does not need energy to maintain its existence and only a little to operate. The signal generated by thermal agitation is then both the power operating the switch and the power switched. This is because the Johnson noise signal is generated at the junction itself and, therefore, requires no minimum signal to initiate this effect.
Heat is absorbed in the system because heat energizes the carriers in the first place. Some of the energy is consumed as electricity externally, and the rest is returned to the system. Since a reduced energy total will fail to maintain the original temperature. the diode array will experience a reduction in temperature and will withdraw heat from the environment. During open circuit or short circuit conditions, the device produces no power or cooling. Electron balance is maintainend in the overall system by the ground connection 28.
By isolating the junction layer within the pores of the membrane, the noise source is similarly isolated since the noise source is coincident with the junction layer. The internal field and internal state in the junction layer can then differentiate even though the diodes in the array share a common terminal voltage. This effect is not cumulative for carriers on one junction face of one diode because there is low lateral resistance, a uniform junction field, and a uniform internal state.
http://www.google.com/patents/US5889287

(Electrons)= Ion-gas cycle

http://web.archive.org/web/20070602085657/http://www.io.com/~frg/

http://web.archive.org/web/20090713230425/http://www.io.com/~frg/history.htm
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[Dave45]

Picked up a little 40 watt panel today, free   
https://youtu.be/WnPc1o3Qb3Q