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How do solar panels convert sunlight into electricity? This interactive activity from NOVA takes the learner inside a virtual photovoltaic cell to see how two different layers of silicon work to establish an electric field, push electrons to metal conductor strips, and generate electricity.
Please note that this resource requires Flash. Editor's Note: See Related Materials for a link to the NOVA video "Saved By the Sun", highly recommended by the editors as a foundation for understanding the key role that solar energy could play in meeting global energy demands.
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)3. The Nature of Technology
3C. Issues in Technology
4. The Physical Setting
4B. The Earth
4E. Energy Transformations
4G. Forces of Nature
8. The Designed World
8C. Energy Sources and Use
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=12380">Chasteen, Stephanie Viola. NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work?. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, September 27, 2007.</a>
AIP Format
S. Chasteen, (Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 2007), WWW Document, (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
S. Chasteen, NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work? (Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 2007), <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html>.
APA Format
Chasteen, S. (2007, September 27). NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work?. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from Public Broadcasting Service: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html
Chicago Format
Chasteen, Stephanie Viola. NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work?. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, September 27, 2007. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html (accessed 14 December 2024).
MLA Format
Chasteen, Stephanie Viola. NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work?. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007. 27 Sep. 2007. 14 Dec. 2024 <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html>.
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Author = "Stephanie Viola Chasteen",
Title = {NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work?},
Publisher = {Public Broadcasting Service},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {14 December 2024},
Month = {September 27, 2007},
Year = {2007}
}
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