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NOVELTY - The total internal photonic absorption hexagonal system (100) for converting solar energy into electricity, has a body (102) having a first end, a second end, an internal surface and an external surface. The first end is open to allow light to pass through. Solar cell strips is provided on the internal surface of the body forming a hexagonal pattern. A dome with staggered steps (106) is provided at the first end of the body, where the dome with staggered steps refracts incoming light into the opening provided at the first end of the body. Optionally a biconcave lens is provided at the first end of the body to refract light coming from the dome with staggered steps towards the solar cell strips. A conical mirror is provided at the second end of the body to reflect the incoming light towards the solar cell strips. A base cap (112) is provided at the second end of the body to provide a flat bottom. USE - Total internal photonic absorption hexagonal system for converting solar energy into electricity. ADVANTAGE - The hexagonal body of the solar system maximize the utilization of space, and opens up to form flat panels that are easy to manufacture, assemble, dismantle and transport from one place to another. It uses dome with staggered steps, hence there is no requirement of biconcave lens. The conical mirror at the base of the system reflects all the incoming light towards the wall of the system for total photonic absorption of the incoming light by the solar cells. A conical mirror provides more efficacy as compared to a convex mirror. Convex mirror reflects a part of light out of the hexagonal System, thus a conical mirror reflects all the light to the walls. The system has drastically reduced the horizontal planar footprint which conventional flat plate solar panels would occupy, thus having better cooling, space-saving, and a higher number of modules can be placed using the same surface area as compared to the flat plate panel. The system is economical as no heat exchanger is required to cool the system, easy to fabricate as flexible photovoltaic panels are not required, lower weight due to the use of gridline body and no requirement of heat exchanger, and no environmental damage to the photovoltaic panels as vacuum is maintained inside the system. Greater operating range due to the dome with staggered steps, bi-concave lens, conical mirror. Thus, greater generation of energy per sq.m. The dome design converges light coming from 0°-360° azimuth and 0°-180° elevation of the sun with minimal light escaping the present system and further increases the efficiency with the convex mirror. A vacuum is maintained in the system to prevent the environmental damage. No glass is required to cover the photovoltaic panels. Therefore, the system is lightweight and economical to manufacture. The photovoltaic system uses standard M12-M20 monocrystalline photovoltaic cells. These are the highest wattage and area photovoltaic cells in the market but most importantly they are standardized. This means there is no cutting or extra step. Existing photovoltaic cells are used to produce a greater amount of energy for longer and more energy is produced per sq.m compared to a normal photovoltaic panel. The pipe is now actually hexagonal. A hexagonal structure, like a beehive allows for less wasted space and a greater overall production of energy per sq.m. The hexagonal structure is obtained from a flat one-piece design and as such the current robotic processes for creating panels only need to be tweaked. This will help penetration of the patent and increase the risk of infringement which ultimately increases the value of a patent. Flat panels are easier to ship, and the lack of glass reduces the cost or transportation. The cells in the photovoltaic system do not need laminating. Laminating is the single largest bottleneck in photovoltaic production. Lamination increases the longevity of panels protecting the silicon from long term oxidization issues. The glass panel on top of photovoltaic panels provides it with physical protection from the weather elements. The photovoltaic system once sealed with the hexagonal shape, the lens and the mirror/base, is hermetically closed and nitrogen at 2 bar is added. Nitrogen is non-oxidizing and the positive pressure reduces the ingress of oxygen. This is critical as it can immediately allow the use of perovskite photovoltaic cells which degrade in oxygen and during the lamination process. In normal photovoltaic systems, the number of busbars or wires embedded within the solar cell is limited as it causes shading. In a normal photovoltaic panel the photon has only one chance of being absorbed and so there is a tradeoff between busbars, which increase conduction efficiency and the shading they cause. With the present photovoltaic system, we can increase the busbars beyond the current 7 in the M12 cells to over 14 as the shading has limited impact as the photon is reflected. The photovoltaic system is lighter, lower in cost to install and produces more energy per sq.m at a lower cost than normal photovoltaic cells. The cost reduction is at least 50% lower than current photovoltaic panels. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a front view of total internal photonic absorption hexagonal system. 100Total internal photonic absorption hexagonal system 102Body 106Dome with staggered steps 112Base cap