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    Photovoltaic Effect Brief

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    The photovoltaic effect is the process by which a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity. When photons from sunlight strike the solar cell, they are absorbed by atoms in the semiconductor material. This provides the electrons with enough energy to escape their atoms, generating a current. The current is driven through an external load by the built-in electric field of the solar cell. Absorption of photons produces a voltage difference across the PN junction of the solar cell due to the internal drift of holes and electrons.

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    The photovoltaic effect is the process by which a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity. When photons from sunlight strike the solar cell, they are absorbed by atoms in the semiconductor material. This provides the electrons with enough energy to escape their atoms, generating a current. The current is driven through an external load by the built-in electric field of the solar cell. Absorption of photons produces a voltage difference across the PN junction of the solar cell due to the internal drift of holes and electrons.

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    The photovoltaic effect is the process by which a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity. When photons from sunlight strike the solar cell, they are absorbed by atoms in the semiconductor material. This provides the electrons with enough energy to escape their atoms, generating a current. The current is driven through an external load by the built-in electric field of the solar cell. Absorption of photons produces a voltage difference across the PN junction of the solar cell due to the internal drift of holes and electrons.

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    The photovoltaic effect is the process by which a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity. When photons from sunlight strike the solar cell, they are absorbed by atoms in the semiconductor material. This provides the electrons with enough energy to escape their atoms, generating a current. The current is driven through an external load by the built-in electric field of the solar cell. Absorption of photons produces a voltage difference across the PN junction of the solar cell due to the internal drift of holes and electrons.

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    Photovoltuic {eIIect)

    SunIIgIL Is composed oI pIoLons, or puckeLs (quunLu) oI energy


    1
    . TIese pIoLons conLuIn
    vurIous umounLs oI energy correspondIng Lo LIe dIIIerenL wuveIengLIs oI IIgIL. WIen
    pIoLons sLrIke u soIur ceII, LIey muy be reIIecLed or ubsorbed, or LIey muy puss rIgIL LIrougI.
    WIen u pIoLon Is ubsorbed, LIe energy oI LIe pIoLon Is LrunsIerred Lo un eIecLron In un uLom
    oI LIe semIconducLor. WILI ILs newIound energy, LIe electron Is ubIe Lo escupe Irom ILs
    normuI posILIon ussocIuLed wILI LIuL uLom Lo become purL oI LIe current In un eIecLrIcuI
    circuit. By IeuvIng LIIs posILIon, LIe electron cuuses u hole Lo Iorm. SpecIuI eIecLrIcuI
    properLIes oI LIe solar cell buIIL-In eIecLrIc IIeId provIde LIe voILuge needed Lo drIve LIe
    current LIrougI un exLernuI Ioud.

    PIoLovoILuIc EIIecL Is u busIc pIysIcuI process LIrougI
    wIIcI u soIur ceII converLs sunIIgIL InLo eIecLrIcILy. TIe
    pIoLovoILuIc eIIecL Is LIe producLIon, us u resuIL oI LIe
    absorption oI pIoLons, oI u voILuge dIIIerence ucross u
    PN juncLIon und LIe voILuge dIIIerence Is cuused by LIe
    InLernuI drIIL oI IoIes und eIecLrons. L Is LIe
    pIenomenon In wIIcI LIe IncIdence oI IIgIL upon LIe
    juncLIon oI Lwo dIssImIIur muLerIuIs, us u meLuI und u semIconducLor, Induces LIe generuLIon
    oI un eIecLromoLIve Iorce. TIe energy oI IncIdenL
    pIoLon
    z
    Is LrunsIerred Lo un eIecLron In un uLom oI LIe
    semIconducLor devIce und wILI ILs newIound energy;
    LIe eIecLron Is ubIe Lo escupe Irom ILs normuI posILIon
    ussocIuLed wILI u sIngIe uLom In LIe semIconducLor Lo
    become purL oI LIe currenL In un eIecLrIcuI cIrcuIL.

    1
    SoIur rudIuLIon Is eIecLromugneLIc wIIcI propuguLes In Iorm oI energy puckeLs cuIIed quunLu or pIoLons. TIe
    eIecLromugneLIc rudIuLIon IncIudes u runge oI rudIuLIon vIz. gummu ruys, x-ruys, UV rudIuLIon, vIsIbIe (IIgIL), InIru
    red, mIcrowuve, Iur InIrured eLc; wIIcI ure dIsLInguIsIed on LIe busIs oI energy ussocIuLed wILI LIem. TIe energy
    oI vurIous rudIuLIons Is governed by LIeIr wuveIengLIs (E=Il). SoIur rudIuLIon cun be converLed InLo eIecLrIcILy
    by Lwo wuys I.e. pIoLoeIecLrIc eIIecL und pIoLovoILuIc eIIecL. n pIoLoeIecLrIc eIIecL u meLuI surIuce Is used us
    coIIecLor und In pIoLovoILuIc eIIecL soIur ceII mude oI semIconducLor muLerIuIs ure used.

    z
    PIoLovoILuIc energy conversIon reIIes on LIe quunLum nuLure oI IIgIL wIereby we perceIve IIgIL us u IIux oI
    purLIcIes cuIIed pIoLons. On u cIeur duy, ubouL q.q x 1o
    1;
    pIoLons sLrIke u squure cenLImeLer oI LIe EurLI's surIuce
    every second. OnIy some oI LIese pIoLons - LIose wILI energy In excess oI LIe bund gup - cun be converLed InLo
    eIecLrIcILy by LIe soIur ceII. WIen sucI pIoLon enLers LIe semIconducLor, IL muy be ubsorbed und promoLe un
    eIecLron Irom LIe vuIence Lo LIe conducLIon bund. SInce u IoIe Is IeIL beIInd In LIe vuIence bund, LIe ubsorpLIon
    process generuLes eIecLron-IoIe puIrs.
    Photovoltuic IIIect
    PN Jonction

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