Light
What is light made out of?
Photons
What do solar panels do?
Generate electricity from the light of the Sun.
Who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the Photoelectric effect?
Albert Einstein.
How does light travel?
In a wave.
What charge do electrons have?
Negative.
Light can demagnetize metal.
Do photons have mass?
No, just energy!
What are solar panels made out of?
Silicon, phosphorus, and boron.
Why does some light not demagnetize metal?
It doesn't have enough energy.
Does purple or red light have more energy?
Purple.
How does a solar panel generate electricity?
Photons hit electrons inside the panel, which go into a wire creating an electric current.
What is a particle? Name a particle besides a photon?
A small, packet of energy or mass. Electron, proton, neutron etc.
According to the chart, what type of light has the most energy?
Gamma rays.
What are the three layers of a solar panel called?
N-type, P-type, and P-N junction