Yep Drakkith we are looking at various IR reflective coatings to effectively filter the light.
Filtering the light then bouncing it off a highly angled mirror to the solar panels behind the heatshield look like the most promising option at the moment. The issue with coating the panels directly...
Thanks for the info Bobbywhy, I will have a read through those sources.
And Dr_Morbius, we are experimenting with a number of different ways, including different types of infrared filtering, the prism idea is just one of them.
The application for all this is a proposed very close approach...
Hi all, got a bit of an experimental/theoretical confusion here.
A group of us are doing an investigation into limiting the heating of solar panels while still allowing the majority of visible light to reach the panel cells.
One theory we're intending to test out is using prisms to change...