photovoltaic cell and sun
2006-07-11 00:24:27 · 5 answers · asked by ciolo_11 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Not necessarily the sun, but any suitable light source, will allow a photovoltaic cell, as its name suggests, to convert light energy into electicial energy.
The advantage of sunlight is that it's abundant and free... :-)
2006-07-23 12:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by IanP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reliable questions! one million. No, no longer all photograph voltaic creditors use photograph voltaic (photovoltaic, or PV) cells. some basically turn the photograph voltaic into warmth, which could be performed with some thing so common as flat black paint. 2. No, they do no longer seem to be each and each of an identical. "photograph voltaic collector" is an extremely super classification which is composed of photograph voltaic panels, and PV arrays are a sort of photograph voltaic panel. the two PV panels and photograph voltaic water warmers are photograph voltaic creditors, yet a photo voltaic water heater isn't a PV panel and vice versa.
2016-12-14 06:39:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photons from the sun strike a silicon surface of the cell causing electrons to flow thus producing a difference of potential and you have current flowing.
2006-07-11 00:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by cancan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the energy of the sun causes electrons to flow within the cell, which with activate the device it is connected to
2006-07-11 00:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by CALLIE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the power source
2006-07-24 05:50:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋