Solar power

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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bypass diode

Energy; Solar power

A diode connected across one or more solar cells in a photovoltaic module such that the diode will conduct if the cell(s) become reverse biased. It protects these solar cells from thermal destruction ...

reverse current protection

Energy; Solar power

Any method of preventing unwanted current flow from the battery to the photovoltaic array (usually at night). See blocking diode.

cadmium (CD)

Energy; Solar power

A chemical element used in making certain types of solar cells and batteries.

ribbon (photovoltaic) cells

Energy; Solar power

A type of photovoltaic device made in a continuous process of pulling material from a molten bath of photovoltaic material, such as silicon, to form a thin sheet of material.