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Re:Is air conditioning making cities hotter? by pfdietz on Sunday September 10, 2023 @03:08PM (#37458935)
I wasn't talking about the visible spectrum, I was talking about near IR below the bandgap (which is just below visible for Si cells.) This light does not contribute to the output of the cells, so reflecting it back into space would reduce heat generation at no loss of efficiency. If anything, by keeping the cells cooler it would slightly boost efficiency.
Re:Is air conditioning making cities hotter? by perihelions on Sunday September 10, 2023 @03:59PM (#37459409)
There were HN threads about this (?)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27782370 ("Passive radiative cooling below ambient airtemperature under direct sun")