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6 Cards in this Set
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Photovoltaic Cells |
Solar-electric panels, or, less precisely , solar cells. |
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Recombination |
Electrons might fall back into holes before they can be collected |
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Solids and Liquids |
Condensed matter-- atoms and molecules are close together, and have large numbers of closely spaced allowed energy levels, or energy bands. They absorb broad ranges of the spectrum when light is passed through them. |
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Photons |
Massless, indivisible "chunks" of light energy, traveling from the light source to your eyes at about 3.0X 10 to the eighth m/s through air. |
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Electromagnetic wave |
A, spread-out pattern of oscillating electric and magnetic fields. |
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"p-n junction" OR diode |
a piece of n-doped silicon in direct contact with a piece of p-doped silicon. |
