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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
silicon (SI)
Energy; Solar power
A semi-metallic chemical element that makes an excellent semiconductor material for photovoltaic devices. It crystallizes in face-centered cubic lattice like a diamond. It's commonly found in sand ...
converter
Energy; Solar power
A unit that converts a direct current (dc) voltage to another dc voltage.
sine wave
Energy; Solar power
A waveform corresponding to a single-frequency periodic oscillation that can be mathematically represented as a function of amplitude versus angle in which the value of the curve at any point is ...
copper indium diselenide
Energy; Solar power
A polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaic material (sometimes incorporating gallium (CIGS) and/or sulfur).
sine wave inverter
Energy; Solar power
An inverter that produces utility-quality, sine wave power forms.
crystalline silicon
Energy; Solar power
A type of photovoltaic cell made from a slice of single-crystal silicon or polycrystalline silicon.
single-crystal material
Energy; Solar power
A material that is composed of a single crystal or a few large crystals.
