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Solar power
Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into electric current using the photoelectric effect.
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high voltage disconnect
Energy; Solar power
The voltage at which a charge controller will disconnect the photovoltaic array from the batteries to prevent overcharging.
high voltage disconnect hysteresis
Energy; Solar power
The voltage difference between the high voltag disconnect set point and the voltage at which the full photovoltaic array current will be reapplied.
hole
Energy; Solar power
The vacancy where an electron would normally exist in a solid; behaves like a positively charged particle.
homojunction
Energy; Solar power
The region between an n-layer and a p-layer in a single material, photovoltaic cell.
hybrid system
Energy; Solar power
A solar electric or photovoltaic system that includes other sources of electricity generation, such as wind or diesel generators.
hydrogenated amorphous silicon
Energy; Solar power
Amorphous silicon with a small amount of incorporated hydrogen. The hydrogen neutralizes dangling bonds in the amorphous silicon, allowing charge carriers to flow more freely.
