Solar Panels are the defining and most important component of a solar power system. Solar panels are also known as photovoltaics (PV) or solar cells. Solar panels or photovoltaics are currently the best known method for generating electricity.
While the technology behind solar cells continue to advance every day, most solar cells are made up of mono crystalline silicone wafers with some trace elements used as coating. It produces solar electricity by making use of the photons that come from sunlight, have these photons hit and excite the electrons in the solar cells and thus produces electricity.
Each brand or manufactured solar cell wafer may have different wattage output, and to reach a higher wattage than what one solar cell wafer can produce, you simply combine more wafers into an array.
The main benefits of using solar panels is that it is very low maintenance and it basically produces electricity for free for the remainder of its life.
The only downside of solar panels is the cost of one of these, as with any new technology, the manufacturing cost have yet to scale to a sizeable amount before the cost of production can significantly lessen.
Here is an interesting video for you to get started on solar panels…
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