How do you make a solar panel?

Answer 1

Things You'll Need:

• One electric stove or hotplate (at least 1100 watts)
• Sheet metal shears
• One micro-ammeter (able to read currents between 10 and 50 microamperes)
• Tap water
• One 2 liter plastic bottle or glass
• Safety goggles
• Two to three tbsps. of table salt
• 1/2 -foot square sheet of copper flashing
• Electric drill with sand paper
• Two alligator clip leads

Instructions

Use sheet metal shears to cut the copper flashing in a square or rectangle to fit the size of the electric burner. Be sure to use a piece of copper flashing that is thoroughly cleaned. You may use sandpaper to thoroughly remove any sign of corrosion before proceeding.

2

Place the copper flashing on the electric burner and turn the burner on. You will need to "cook" the flashing for as long as 30 minutes or more to develop a thick layer of black cupric oxide.

3

Allow the copper to cool slowly once the layer of cupric oxide has formed. It will begin to flake off and may do so with some force as the oxide and the copper cool at different rates.

4

Scrub the completely cooled copper under running water to remove any last remaining bits of oxide. Be gentle, as you do not want to remove any of the red cuprous oxide that has been created in heating the flashing.

5

Cut another piece of copper to the same size. Attach both panels using the alligator clips to the inside of the wide-mouth glass jar or plastic bottle with the top cut off. The panels should not touch and should bend to match the curves of the jar or bottle.

6

Connect the lead of the alligator clip which fastens the clean copper plate to the positive terminal of the meter. The negative terminal should then be connected to the cuprous oxide plate.

7

Make a solution of salt and water by dissolving the salt in hot tap water. You should make enough solution to barely cover the bottom of the plates, leaving the clips high and dry.

8

Place your solar panel in the sun to see the gauge jump to reflect the current your project has created.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

* Take a few modules of crystalline silicon.

* Apply a soldering flux to each module * Clean the modules using ultrasound in 60F water * Solder the clean modules into rows of 9 x 4

* Use flux and great dexterity * Verify each module with a voltmeter

To make a solar panel, you would wire then in series or parallel.

It's not very cost effective at this time to use solar panels for home power.

The initial cost is high for the panels, storage batteries, and inverter/regulator. The lifespan is low and the maintenance cost is high. There are some very good guides available, and it isn't very difficult.

Answer 4

There are sources of photovoltaic scrap. It is very hard to work with. If there is a dealer in your town ask him to show his product in class and see if you and your students can get a handle on the various parts needed. Perhaps try to improve on quality and ease of installation. The power needs to be used so an inverter or battery stack will be needed. There are a few books that say they will help and I have no idea who to trust. There are other formulations called organic that are producing electricity from sunlight. Plasmonics is a strange, ripe, light interacting field . M.I.T. has some solar cell windows that send the current to the edge of the pane to be collected. Explore how vegetation does it. Be open in your search. It may change the world. Sunlight converted to heated water runs a motor/generator set.

Answer 5

The major and common parts,

1. Silicon solar cells.

2. Metal frame (typically aluminum)

3. Glass sheet for casing.

4. Standard 12V Wire.

5. Bus wire.

6. Plexiglas

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Answer 6

You need an absorbent material to make a solar panel. This solar panel needs to be made flat and laid out in the sunlight.