The corona is indeed super hot, but also quite tenuous in comparison to the rest of the sun. The photosphere is only about 5500 °C. If our solar panels were made of diamond they would have melted at 3500, but it’s not impossible to imagine a solar panel that could be positioned ‘quite’ close to the sun’s surface - would just need to be made from some quite fancy materials.
The corona is around 1 million °C. That’s really really hot
The corona is indeed super hot, but also quite tenuous in comparison to the rest of the sun. The photosphere is only about 5500 °C. If our solar panels were made of diamond they would have melted at 3500, but it’s not impossible to imagine a solar panel that could be positioned ‘quite’ close to the sun’s surface - would just need to be made from some quite fancy materials.