Solar Group Assignment

Introduction to Solar Energy: Group Assignment Work as a group to answer the following questions. Each group member should be documenting answers while the discussion is taking place. You may research answers to any questions you don’t know, but please report your answers in your own words. 1. Where have you seen solar energy being harnessed? Describe what the system looked like. What was the energy being used for? 2. What materials are used to make a solar cell? 3. Describe how these materials are processed and used to make a solar cell?  4. Explain in detail how sunlight is converted to electrical energy in a solar cell? 5. Define in your own words the following terms: current, voltage, resistance and power. How do these terms apply to a solar cell? How are these terms related?