Sel surya

Taksi tenaga surya sedang dipamerkan oleh pembuatnya pada KTT Perubahan Iklim di Nusa Dua Bali

Sel surya atau sel photovoltaic, adalah sebuah alat semikonduktor yang terdiri dari sebuah wilayah-besar diode p-n junction, di mana, dalam hadirnya cahaya matahari mampu menciptakan energi listrik yang berguna. Pengubahan ini disebut efek photovoltaic. Bidang riset berhubungan dengan sel surya dikenal sebagai photovoltaics.

Sel surya memiliki banyak aplikasi. Mereka terutama cocok untuk digunakan bila tenaga listrik dari grid tidak tersedia, seperti di wilayah terpencil, satelit pengorbit bumi, kalkulator genggam, pompa air, dll. Sel surya (dalam bentuk modul atau panel surya) dapat dipasang di atap gedung di mana mereka berhubungan dengan inverter ke grid listrik dalam sebuah pengaturan net metering.

Banyak bahan semikonduktor yang dapat dipakai untuk membuat sel surya diantaranya Silikon, Titanium Oksida, Germanium, dll.

Sebuah sel surya, terbuat dari wafer silikon poly-crystalline.

Sel surya

Lihat pula

• Gedung autonomous
• Pengembangan energi masa depan
• Teknologi hijau
• Photodiode
• Photovore
• Energi terbaharui
• Tenaga surya
• Panel surya
• Garis waktu energi surya

Referensi

• McDonald SA, Konstantatos G, Zhang S, Cyr PW, Klem EJ, Levina L, Sargent EH (2005). "Solution-processed PbS quantum dot infrared photodetectors and photovoltaics". Nature Materials 4 (2): 138–42.  PMID 15640806

Pranala luar

• Use of solar cells in Kenya and Uganda, in Africa
• Pennicott, Katie, "Solar cell edges towards endless energy". 7 December 2001. PhysicsWeb.
• Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DYSC) based on Nanocrystalline Oxide Semiconductor Films
• News searching: Solar Cell, Photovoltaic
• Historical: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion: An Update
• Wladek Walukiewicz, Materials Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab.: Full Solar Spectrum Photovoltaic Materials Identified. Quote: "... Maximum, theoretically predicted efficiencies increase to 50%, 56%, and 72% for stacks of 2, 3, and 36 junctions with appropriately optimized energy gaps, respectively...."
• CNET: 5/12/03 SunPower Announces World's Most Efficient, Low-Cost Silicon Solar Cell Quote: "...The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has verified 20.4 percent conversion efficiency for the A-300...."
• SunPower A-300 (pdf), SunPower
• 29 March 2002, Scientists Create New Solar Cell Quote: "...semiconducting plastic material known as P3HT... 1.7 percent for sunlight..."
• 15 February 03, 'Denim' solar panels to clothe future buildings Quote: "... Unlike conventional solar cells, the new, cheap material has no rigid silicon base..."
• Residential Solar Power Systems - Photo Gallery
• Examples of Photovoltaic Systems
• How Solar Cells Work
• azonano.com: Carbon Nanotube Structures Could Provide More Efficient Solar Power for Soldiers 28 February 2005
• Solar energy timeline

Yield data

• http://www.tectosol.staticip.de/index_en.htm electricity yield of a solar power system
• http://www.sunny-portal.de Yield Portal for solar power system users

Teori

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): Photovoltaics for Buildings: PV Technology for the Home Factsheets
• 1993, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): Photovoltaics: Unlimited Electrical Energy From the Sun BrokenLink
• Electrical models of solar cells

Perhitungan biaya

• PVWATTS - A Performance Calculator for Grid-Connected PV Systems

Buat sendiri

PEC (Photo Electro Chromic)

• How to Build Your Own Solar Cell
• DIY (Do It Yourself): Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Kit Quote: "... sunlight-to-electrical energy conversion efficiency is between 1 and 0.5 %..."

Cuprous oxide solar cells

• Make a solar cell in your kitchen, A flat panel solar battery
• From: How to Build a Solar Cell That Really Works by Walt Noon

Indeks

• Open Directory Project: Solar

Newsgroup

• alt.solar.photovoltaic

Paten

• US2402662 -- Light sensitive device—R. S. Ohl
• US1289369 -- Method of increasing the capacity of photosenitive electrical cells