[Hostage]

Good you bring that up.

All photovoltaics degrade. The professor knows this and he knows the importance of the question to the new material arrangement. So he has some explaining to do and my bet is he has a solution or set of such. But it’s not yet patented.

The first filer to post a solution to the degrade problem can make a ton. The race should be on already with this announcement

[HiTech RedNeck]

Degrading is acceptable if it is slow enough, and the redeployment cheap and easy enough. This is why we still have a market for the humble flashlight battery.

[mad_as_he$$]

The Sun by it's nature always wins with man made features. Degradation of all coatings and surfaces will always be an issue. Man may be able at some point to minimize it but unless you gold plate everything the Sun will continue it's ravages.