A photovoltaic system uses solar panels to supply usable electric power.
Solar panels make use of the PHOTOVOLTAIC effect whereby photons from the sun hit the semiconducting material and liberate electrons.
Carrier generation and recombination knowledge is needed to understand properly how solar cells work. This is part of solid state physics, the largest branch of condensed matter physics.
Note: the photovoltaic effect is closely related to the photoelectric effect, whereby electrons are emitted when light is shone on a material. According to the "classical electromagnetic theory" this is due to the transfer of energy from the light to an electron.
Solar panels make use of the PHOTOVOLTAIC effect whereby photons from the sun hit the semiconducting material and liberate electrons.
Carrier generation and recombination knowledge is needed to understand properly how solar cells work. This is part of solid state physics, the largest branch of condensed matter physics.
Note: the photovoltaic effect is closely related to the photoelectric effect, whereby electrons are emitted when light is shone on a material. According to the "classical electromagnetic theory" this is due to the transfer of energy from the light to an electron.
