Solar panel systems provide an extremely environmentally friendly means of harnessing the power of the sun and make it work for people in various ways.
The method is clean, renewable and with the advances in technology, it can be applied to almost all the activities that currently require power generated from non - renewable sources like coal and oil.
Solar panel systems depend on photovoltaic cells to collect solar energy, which can then be stored in batteries, used to heat water or different material, power motors, etc.
The making of solar panels is a very delicate process and the technology to collect as well as store the solar energy in reasonably sized instruments and equipment developed only towards last part of the 20th century, which is why it has taken some time to catch on as a commercially feasible form of providing power to the general public.
It has taken some major advances in photovoltaic and semiconductor design to allow manufacturers to produce affordable and efficient solar cells.
Photovoltaic cells are made from crystalline silicon pieces that have been cut into very thin discs, less than 1 cm in thickness.
The discs have to be highly polished and treated so that no scratches or damage from the cutting process remains.
After this, materials are added to the discs, which have the property of altering an electrical charge and then metal conductors are spread across each of the discs to collect and convey the electrical current when the whole system is set up.
The method is clean, renewable and with the advances in technology, it can be applied to almost all the activities that currently require power generated from non - renewable sources like coal and oil.
Solar panel systems depend on photovoltaic cells to collect solar energy, which can then be stored in batteries, used to heat water or different material, power motors, etc.
The making of solar panels is a very delicate process and the technology to collect as well as store the solar energy in reasonably sized instruments and equipment developed only towards last part of the 20th century, which is why it has taken some time to catch on as a commercially feasible form of providing power to the general public.
It has taken some major advances in photovoltaic and semiconductor design to allow manufacturers to produce affordable and efficient solar cells.
Photovoltaic cells are made from crystalline silicon pieces that have been cut into very thin discs, less than 1 cm in thickness.
The discs have to be highly polished and treated so that no scratches or damage from the cutting process remains.
After this, materials are added to the discs, which have the property of altering an electrical charge and then metal conductors are spread across each of the discs to collect and convey the electrical current when the whole system is set up.
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