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Solar Cells
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today are mostly made of silicon, one of the most common
elements on Earth. The crystalline silicon solar cell was one of the first
types to be developed and it is still the most common type in use today.
They do not pollute the atmosphere and they leave behind no harmful waste
products. Photovol ....
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....terial.
In semiconductors, the materials from which solar sells are made, the
energy gap Eg is fairly small. Because of this, electrons in the valence
band can easily be made to jump to the conduction band by the injection of
energy, either in the form of heat or light [Book 4]. This explains why the
high resistivity of semiconductors decreases as the temperature is raised
or the material illuminated. The excitation of valence electrons to the
conduction band is best accomplished when the s.... |
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