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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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Solar power
indium oxide
Energy; Solar power
A wide band gap semiconductor that can be heavily doped with tin to make a highly conductive, transparent thin film. Often used as a front contact or one component of a heterojunction solar cell.
infrared radiation
Energy; Solar power
Electromagnetic radiation whose wavelengths lie in the range from 0.75 micrometer to 1000 micrometers; invisible long wavelength radiation (heat) capable of producing a thermal or photovoltaic ...
input voltage
Energy; Solar power
This is determined by the total power required by the alternating current loads and the voltage of any direct current loads. Generally, the larger the load, the higher the inverter input voltage. ...
insolation
Energy; Solar power
The solar power density incident on a surface of stated area and orientation, usually expressed as Watts per square meter or Btu per square foot per hour. See diffuse insolation and direct ...
interconnect
Energy; Solar power
A conductor within a module or other means of connection that provides an electrical interconnection between the solar cells.
intrinsic layer
Energy; Solar power
A layer of semiconductor material, used in a photovoltaic device, whose properties are essentially those of the pure, undoped, material.
