Solar zig zags, multiplying the surface area

There’s multiple ways to create these solar zig zags. One way is to have transparent window solar over top of mirror zig zags. The other method is using standard solar. Each zig zag device could have mirrors on the interior walls.

10 foot tall zig zags with angles like 89.5 and 1 degrees would be easier to accomplish than 1mm tall versions. They just needs to be aimed at the sun and the more accurate the aim the better.

89 degrees gets you around 56 times the surface area

89.5 gets you 112 times the surface area

89.75 gets you 224 times the surface area

89.875 gets you 448 times the surface area

I recommend we use the 60 degree angles for cars, smartwatches, and portable solar panels. 60 degree zig zags could be easy to make into 1mm tall zig zags.

One meter by one meter by one meter cube of 89 degree solar panels is 56 cube meters of solar. The sun hits all of the solar panels at 89 degrees and some sun bounces off each panel to give you more than you’d predict.

28 times the surface area zig zags could be inside a robots head always aiming at the sun. That’s 28 times the surface area of the square.

Half a square foot compared to a full square foot on the right. 88 degree zig zags give you 14 and 28 sq ft of solar.