Hi, I am very interested in solar panels and would like to know more.Can someone please give me a basic explanation of how solar panels work?Thank you
A solar panel is made up of many small solar cells. Each solar cell uses light to make electricity. The solar cell uses light to make electrons move. The cell is made up of two different layers that are stuck together. The first layer is loaded with electrons, so the electrons are ready to jump from this layer to the second layer. That second layer has some electrons taken away. It is ready to take in more electrons. When the light hits an electron in the first layer, the electron jumps to the second layer. That electron makes another electron move, which makes another electron move, and so on. So the light started a flow of electrons, or electricity.
Solar panels are made of many solar cells.solar cell is an electicial device that comverts sun energy directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect,which is an physic and chemical phenomenon.solar cells are usually connected in series in moodules,creating an additive voltage.
Solar panels collect solar radiation from the sun and actively convert that energy to electricity. Solar panels are comprised of several individual solar cells. These solar cells function similarly to large semiconductors and utilize a large-area p-n junction diode. When the solar cells are exposed to sunlight, the p-n junction diodes convert the energy from sunlight into usable electrical energy. The energy generated from photons striking the surface of the solar panel allows electrons to be knocked out of their orbits and released, and electric fields in the solar cells pull these free electrons in a directional current, from which metal contacts in the solar cell can generate electricity.
A solar panel is a panel of a certain material that is very sensitive to light. Now, when you place if out in the sunlight, the photons enter that material, and gets converted to energy in the form of electrostatic electrons. These electrons gets carried away by the small silver wires you see running zig-zag over the panel, and is then used as electronic current. It is actually a lot more intricate and detailed than this, but this is more or less how it works. The reason is works better in sunlight, is simply because sunlight has a lot more energy behind it than lightbulbs and other sources, but they work as well!
