Photovoltaics, or PVs, are also known as solar panels. They are devices that transfer light energy from the sun into electricity for use in your home.
The process that produces electricity from sunlight. "Photo" refers to light and "voltaic" to voltage.
Technology that produces electric power directly from the sunlight. A common application is in solar-powered pocket calculators, but various equipment remote from electric distribution lines also uses the technology.
The use of semiconductor technology to generate electricity directly from sunlight.
Photovoltaics are the solar panels used to harness the suns energy, and turn it electricity that can be stored in batteries and used to power a homes electrical systems.
The direct conversion of sunlight into electricity.
Solar panels used to convert solar energy into electricity.
Also called "Solar Cells", these are cells that convert solar energy to electrical energy.
Conversion of solar radiation (the sun's rays) to electricity by the effect of photons (tiny packets of light) on the electrons in a solar cell. For example, a solar-powered car or a calculator.
are solid-state cells (typically made from silicon) that directly convert sunlight into electricity.
Photovoltaic cells (or PV cells) are solar panels that have no moving parts, yet they convert sunlight directly into electricity to be used to satisfy all of a building's electricity needs. The energy can be used immediately, stored in batteries, or fed directly into a city's electric power grid via electronic devices called inverters. (See also BIPVs)
Of, or related to, the use of photovoltaic (solar) cells for producing electricity. See Photovoltaic cell.
technology that converts sunlight into electricity. This is not the same as solar panels that transfer the heat of the sun to water or air for heating elsewhere. More at Wikipedia... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaics)
The direct conversion of solar radiation into electricity by the interaction of light with the electrons in a semiconductor device or cell.
Photovoltaic 'solar cells' (or 'PV' cells) consist of special (PV) semiconductor type materials such as silicon which absorb light and convert it into electricity.
A technology that directly converts light into electricity. The process uses modules, which are usually made up of many cells (thin layers of semiconductors).
(PVs): A technology for using semiconductors to directly converts light into electricity.
Photovoltaics deal with the conversion of radiation energy, in particular, solar energy, into electrical energy, and has been used for energy supply (initially via satellites) since 1958. The name consists of the components photo – Greek for ‘light’ – and volta – after Alessandro Volta, the pioneer in electricity.
An active solar technology involving the conversion of sunlight directly into electricity by means of a semiconductor.
is a solar power technology in which sunlight is converted directly into electricity in special cells. Other power sources involve the indirect conversion of the sun's energy into electricity because it is first stored in plant material (coal and biomass), moving air (wind) or water (hydro.)
Photovoltaics, or PV for short, is a solar power technology that uses solar cells or solar photovoltaic arrays to convert energy from the sun into electricity. Photovoltaics is also the field of study relating to this technology.