AC Photovoltic cells and posibility of AC power storage?

Photovoltaic cells produce DC current which must be run through an inverter to produce AC current, which is a source of conversion loss. AC is the preferred method of power transmission by utilities because it requires less voltage to compensate for resistive losses in the wires (which also requires smaller wires, and less transformer stations), but on a bicycle it wouldn't really be a benefit. The auto manufacturers are using AC motors which have a better efficiency because the power from the controller is pulsed via sine wave vs by a DC pulse width modulator which chops the current in a square wave, which makes the motors able to produce more torque for their size, which can then be geared longer to achieve higher wheel horsepower and speeds. A typical AC motor you will find used in most power tools uses resistive loss as the means of power regulation, with either a variable potentiometer or a bypass circuit through a power resistor that just wastes the excess current not going through the motor.

If you feel up to the engineering task of creating an AC photovoltaic cell, which currently does not exist, you already know this of course. lol