Solar energy photovoltaic cells

Solar cells the difference between conduction and valence band chemical potentials is the available output voltage of a solar cell. Light creates the chemical potential difference simply by boosting a population of electrons from the valence band into the conduction band (see Photovoltaic cells Solar energy). 

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Photosynthesis The process by which plants convert sunlight to chemical energy. Photovoltaic cells Solar technology that converts the sunlight energy into electricity. 

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Farmers are encouraged to consider their on-farm energy policies irsing technologies such as photovoltaic cells (solar panels), wind turbines, grormd heat pumps, biomass boilers and anaerobic digesters to produce electricity. 

A photovoltaic (PV) solar power system is a complete electrical source that uses solar cells to directly convert light energy into electricity. The system can be self-contained and completely autonomous or it can work in tandem with other conventional fuel-based sources of power to offer robust power availabihty. 

Selenium is also used in thin-film photovoltaic cells (qv) which contain copper indium diselenide [12018-95-0] CuInSe2. Use is quite small as of 1996. However, if the United States solar energy output with such cells were to increase by 100 MW/yr, this would require 8 t of selenium aimuaHy (see... 

Photovoltaic (PV) solar cells, which convert incident solar radiation directly into electrical energy, today represent the most common power source for Earth-orbiting spacecraft, such as the International Space Station, where a photovoltaic engineering testbed (PET) is actually assembled on the express pallet. The solid-state photovoltaics, based on gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, or silicon, prove capable, even if to different extents and with... 

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