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A wide band gap material chosen for its transparency to light. Generally used as the top layer of a photovoltaic device, the window allows almost all of the light to reach the semiconductor layers beneath.
Industry:Energy
Lead-acid battery in which the electrolyte is composed of a silica gel matrix.
Industry:Energy
See Article 300 of National Electric Code for more information.
Industry:Energy
A unit of power equal to 1 billion Watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts.
Industry:Energy
The energy difference between the Fermi level and vacuum zero. The minimum amount of energy it takes to remove an electron from a substance into the vacuum.
Industry:Energy
See electrical grid.
Industry:Energy
The angle between the direction of interest (of the sun, for example) and the zenith (directly overhead).
Industry:Energy
A solar electric or photovoltaic (PV) system in which the PV array acts like a central generating plant, supplying power to the grid.
Industry:Energy
Same as grid-connected system.
Industry:Energy
Metallic contacts fused to the surface of the solar cell to provide a low resistance path for electrons to flow out to the cell interconnect wires.
Industry:Energy