Silicon is made out of sand, it’s the semiconductor that forms the structure of photovoltaic cells. It allows electrons to be excited by sunlight (but they don’t move on their own).
Khaled Zeyada 🇵🇸 from Rafah on Nostr: For the nerdy engineers among us: solar panels consist in two layers of silicon: one ...
For the nerdy engineers among us: solar panels consist in two layers of silicon: one enriched with phosphorus (N-doped), and one enriched with boron (P-doped).
Silicon is made out of sand, it’s the semiconductor that forms the structure of photovoltaic cells. It allows electrons to be excited by sunlight (but they don’t move on their own).
Silicon is made out of sand, it’s the semiconductor that forms the structure of photovoltaic cells. It allows electrons to be excited by sunlight (but they don’t move on their own).