Question:
Color of light affect solar panel?
anonymous
2008-02-11 16:47:22 UTC
I used red, blue and green filters. (and no filter) My results were none was the best, then red, green, blue. Why is that? If you can....(which will be credited) What is the strength of the light determined by?
Four answers:
thepissedpirate
2008-02-11 16:55:06 UTC
The energy of the photons (bits of light) is determined by their frequency.



E = hf.



Where E is the energy of the photon, f is its frequency in Hz, and h is Planck's constant, h = 6.663*10^-34 Js.



The results you get will depend on what you use as your light source, and what kind of filters you use.



The visible light spectrum spectrum runs from approx 450*10^12 Hz (red) through to 750*10^12 Hz (blue). So red photons have the least energy, and blue photons have the most energy. Green is in between the two at about 600*10^12 Hz.



So, when you have no filter, all the photons can hit the solar cell, and you get the best efficiency.



Given that the red filter is giving you the next best results, I'm guessing that you're using what are called notch-filters. These are filters that only block a particular colour. So when you use the red filter, you're losing only the low energy red photons, but still keeping the medium energy green, and the high energy blue photons.



When you use the green filter, you're keeping the low energy red photons, and the high energy blue photons. When you use the blue filter, you're losing the high energy blue photons.
anonymous
2016-04-11 04:16:37 UTC
Likely there will be at least a small change in the no load volts. The short circuit current will be different and the watts output will be different. Connect an amp- meter to the panel with or without a 1 to 100 ohm resistor in series with the amp-meter and you will see different amounts of current for different colors. You do however need to adjust for the amount of light falling on your solar panel. Possibly you can use a exposure meter or a bolo meter as reference. Neil
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2017-04-05 15:40:23 UTC
Guide To Solar Power : http://SolarPower.duebq.com/?Rgn
nena loves you <3
2008-02-11 16:54:32 UTC
sorry that i cant help you but good luck anyway =]


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