Thursday, January 10, 2013

How electricity works

The first step before making a charger is to learn how electricity works in general and how solar cell transforms solar energy into electricity. The first 5 minutes of the video below explain how electricity works:


A photovoltaic (PV) solar cell does the same thing as a regular battery from the video - it creates conditions for electricity to run through wires and power what's necessary to power. So how does it actually do it? A very easy explanation is presented in this video:

A little bit more scientific video that explains the process in more detail:


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