Solar energy conversion

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Solar energy conversion Anonymous Sat Jun 15 20:59:29 2013 No.5836397 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /sci/ can someone explain to me or provide me a link to how solar cells and solar panels work. I've read some basic stuff about it but still don't understand how its turning the energy into electrical energy. Thank you for the help and time.

neckbeard_the_pirate Sat Jun 15 21:21:31 2013 No.5836436

>>5836397
This is a really short and incomplete explanation, but is helpful in understanding it better.
A solar cell has two semiconductor materials in contact with each other. When light hits an electron, it physically bumps the electron over to the other semiconductor. The electron doesn't have the energy to jump back, so it has to go through the connecting wire, through your load, and back to where it came from.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 16 00:47:46 2013 No.5836908 >>5836397

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