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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 thermal power systems
Energy; Solar power
Technologies using the sun's heat to produce electricity or mechanical power. There are two kinds of systems. The most common is Concentrating Solar Thermal Power. A new system uses low temperature ...
Solar energy technologies
Energy; Solar power
Convert solar energy to useful purposes. They can provide: electrical generation by heat engine or photovoltaic means; space heating and cooling in active and passive solar buildings; potable water ...
Solar cell
Energy; Solar power
A solar cell (also called photovoltaic cell or photoelectric cell) is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect.
Passive solar
Energy; Solar power
Technologies that capture sunlight for heat energy without use of active mechanical systems such as fans or pumps (as contrasted to active solar). Such technologies convert sunlight into usable heat ...
diffusion length
Energy; Solar power
The mean distance a free electron or hole moves before recombining with another hole or electron.
Dye-sensitised solar cell
Energy; Solar power
A dye-sensitised solar cell is a low-cost thin film solar cell that absorbs light by a sensitizer on the surface of a semiconductor. Then photo-induced electrons are injected from the dye into the ...
Non-conventional energy
Energy; Solar power
A source of energy created by means of a source which is not used normally.
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