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/sci/, kindly tell me everything worth knowing about solar photovoltaics. I know generally how they work, and I'm learning about how much they cost, but I would love a lot more information.

>> No.1048506

p/n junctions
holes and energy levels
silicon doped with group 3 element next to silicon doped with group 5

>> No.1048522

Modern research in PV materials is focused on CP (conjugated polymers) composed of thiophenes and dendrimers of the same material.

>> No.1048545

>>1048522
No silicon, then?

>> No.1048553

organic and ultra-thin research could make them cheap AND more efficient, making them incredibly useful during the summer months.

>> No.1048574

>>1048553
indeed, using new energy storage techniques like massive flywheels, areas like california could be 90% powered by sunlight.

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>>1048522

Is dat sum conjugated polymers?

>> No.1048617

>>1048609
oh you!

>> No.1048669

>>1048574
>flywheel

Okay, I HAVE to hear how this one works. Flywheels store mechanical energy, right? How can they store the energy in PV, which is essentially chemical?

>> No.1048682

fucking photovoltaics, how do they work?
and don't give me easy shit explanation like, electro-magnetic wave -> energy to electron, ???, profit !!

>> No.1048834

How long before this shit becomes cost effective?