Please describe in details how do the whole mechanisms work? How it is developed? What apparatus is required? How the solar panel is constructed and how it works? Explain me all questions by using 3d figures or images or video if available. I have no prior knowledge about solar electricity so; please guide me in the easiest way as much as possible; I want to make electricity for my home by using solar energy what should I do? How can I achieve or construct it myself?
Well, if you just want to use solar energy as heat, you can collect it by simply putting a dark tank or hose full of water in the sun. More sophisticated collectors have tubing enclosed in flat black boxes, through which water or air flows to pick up the sun’s heat.
If you’re talking about photovoltaic panels, those are semiconductors, the two poles of which have with P or N type characteristics (google to fill in any holes). They are stacked, and positive and negative electrodes connected. When the sandwich is exposed to light, electrons flow and that makes a current.
It is impractical to make these yourself. It is best to look for them on the used market – monocrystalline silicon panels are the most efficient and longest lasting. You then may need a way of storing the power you do make, and a way of matching the voltage output of the panels to the appliances you are trying to power.
All of the details are outside the scope of a Yahoo answer. I’d recommend you search for "photovoltaics", "inverter", "charge controller", "storage battery", and things related to that.
DK
yeah had one way. another way is that hundreds of mirrors reflect the sunlight onto a huge vat of water and the mist turns a huge turbine with magnetic coils generating electricity
light hits the solar panels then it breaks down the material in the panel, i believe its silicon, then the electrons from the broken down material create a current that is fed into your house
Solar electric panels are made up of something called silicon, the same thing that makes up sand. There is more silicon on the planet than almost anything else. Even though you can find silicon almost everywhere, making a solar panel is difficult and expensive. The silicon has to be heated to super high temperatures in a big factory, and then formed into very thin wafers.
When sunlight hits a solar panel, it makes electrons in the silicon move around. (Electrons are teeny tiny specks–they?re way too small for us to see, even under a microscope.) The electrons flow through wires that were built into the solar panel. And presto! We have electricity! We can do whatever we want with this electricity, run a calculator, a CD player, or, if we have big enough solar panels, a satellite! [Solar panels are also called photovoltaic panels. "Photo" means light and "voltaic" means electricity.]
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Before installing solar panels, make sure you are wearing safety goggles. Make sure you have read and understand the manuals for your installation equipment.