Spherical Solar Cells - doubling the power output of flat PV panels!

Solar panels are highly sensitive to what you might call 'sub-optimal' conditions...wrong angle of the sun, scattered sunlight, dust & sand, too much heat - all these things diminish the panels ability to generate power. But now a research team reckon they've overcome all those problems by creating a spherical version of the common solar PV panel. So, is this a practical proposition for the real world?

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Research Links
KAUST Paper
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Dr. Nazek El-Atab
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Sphelar Power
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