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How do solar panels work?

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5 questions
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  • Q1
    What are most solar cells made from?
    Silicon
    Coal
    Concreate
    copper
    120s
  • Q2
    What is the carrier of the electric current from solar cells?
    water
    Silicon atoms
    holes
    Electrons
    120s
  • Q3
    What from the Sun causes the solar cell to produce the electricity?
    The shadow under the solar cell
    The heat from the Sun
    Photon particles of sunlight
    120s
  • Q4
    What creates the potential difference (voltage) in a solar cell?
    The p - n junction
    An outside generator
    A battery
    The bonds between the silicon atoms
    120s
  • Q5
    How efficient are the normal commercial solar cells?
    Less than 10%
    15-20%
    More than 70%
    As high as 46%
    120s

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