The SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the power in an electric circuit in which the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere.
What are Watts?
100
The non-crystalline allotropic form of silicon.
What is Amorphous silicon?
100
A crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is used as an infrared optical window and a solar cell material.
What is Cadmium Telluride?
100
Relating to the production of electric current at the junction of two substances exposed to light.
What is Photo voltaic?
100
The creation of voltage or electric current in a material upon exposure to light.
What is Photo voltaic Effect?
200
An ordered arrangement, in particular.
What is an Array?
200
A solid substance that has a conductivity between that of an insulator and that of most metals, either due to the addition of an impurity or because of temperature effects.
What is a Semiconductor?
200
You drink Gatorade to replenish these.
What are Electrolytes?
200
The science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work,
What are Thermodynamics?
200
Each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building.
What is a Module?
300
A unit of electric current equal to a flow of one coulomb per second.
What is an Amp?
300
An electric circuit connected so that current passes through each circuit element in turn without branching.
What is a Series Circuit?
300
A closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit
What is a Parallel Circuit?
300
Using the sun's energy to heat a building; the windows, walls, and floors can be designed to collect, store, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter.
What is Passive Solar Heating?
300
A transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted
What is a Voltage Regulator?
400
The SI unit of electrical resistance, expressing the resistance in a circuit transmitting a current of one ampere when subjected to a potential difference of one volt.
What are Ohms?
400
A device that transfers heat from a colder area to a hotter area by using mechanical energy, as in a refrigerator.
What is a Heat Pump?
400
The SI unit of electromotive force, the difference of potential that would drive one ampere of current against one ohm resistance.
What are Volts?
400
Increased electrical conductivity caused by the presence of light.
What is photo conductivity?
400
A material which permits a flow of energy.
What is a Conductor?
500
A solar cell that is made by depositing one or more thin layers of photovoltaic material on a substrate.
What is a Thin-Film Solar Cell?
500
A nonmetal with semiconducting properties, used in making electronic circuits.
What is Silicon?
500
A solar thermal collector collects heat by absorbing sunlight.
What is Active Solar Heating?
500
The percentage of electrical energy that a solar cell produces (under optimal conditions) as compared to the total amount of energy from the sun falling on the cell.
What are Cell efficiencies?
500
A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity