What are solar panels and how they work?
Solar panels are devices that are designed in such a way to absorb the Sun’s rays and convert light into electrical energy through the photovoltaic process. They consist of several photovoltaic modules. Most often, one panel has 60 of these modules, that is 10 rows and 6 columns.
Here is a picture of what the solar panel looks like
Each one of the cubes that you see produces electricity, and that is how they combine their power.
The panel power ranges from 100-500 V.
The duration of the panels, i.e. their lifespan is 25-30 years.
How do solar panels work?
Let’s go back to the subject from school called nature and society@
Imagine this: from a distance of 150 thousand km, the Sun’s rays, which, after 8.5 minutes hit our solar panel. The photons transfer their energy to the cube of the panel, and with the photoelectric effect, their light energy is converted into electricity. The particles from that ray excite the electrons in our panel, and a direct current begin to flow through it.
The strength of that current depends on the number of modules (cubes) and the strength of the light