Solar Cells
What are solar panels?
Although the first solar cell was built in 1883, the modern day application of solar cells was not discovered until 1954 in Bell Labratories, where it was found that a Silicon based semiconductor was sensitive to light. They have since been used to power a multitude of purposes from fueling rockets, to fueling traffic lights.
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Organic Solar Cell
Ninety-Nine percent of the solar panels today are made from a variant of silicon. But it is quite expensive to produce such materials. Solar cells can go for thousands of dollars if you are not careful. But research is going on today to produce flexible solar panels from organic material. In 2004, a research group [...]
Solar Cell Efficiency
The are a lot of variables that must be taken into account when determining how efficient your solar power panel is. Ultimately, the average efficiency is held at around 12%. But there are many different ways in which to measure the efficiency. There’s Quantum Efficiency, Max power point, Thermodynamic Efficiency, and fill factor.
Quantum Efficiency is [...]
