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3 years ago

Explain briefly how solar energy is used to generate electricity

Physics

1 answer:

valkas [14]3 years ago

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Answer:

Solar radiation may be converted directly into electricity by solar cells (photovoltaic cells). In such cells, a small electric voltage is generated when light strikes the junction between a metal and a semiconductor (such as silicon) or the junction between two different semiconductors.

Explanation:

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Answer:

B) waves speed up

C) waves bend away from the normal

Explanation:

The index of refraction of a material is the ratio between the speed of light in a vacuum and the speed of light in that medium:

$n=\frac{c}{v}$

where

c is the speed of light in a vacuum

v is the speed of light in the medium

We can re-arrange this equation as:

$v=\frac{c}{n}$

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B) waves speed up

Moreover, when light enters a medium bends according to Snell's Law:

$n_1 sin \theta_1 = n_2 sin \theta_2$

where

$n_1 ,n_2$ are the index of refraction of the 1st and 2nd medium

$\theta_1,\theta_2$ are the angles made by the incident ray and refracted ray with the normal to the interface

We can rewrite the equation as

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