Hello everyone, please check out my new course on photovoltaic power production - sabinmathew.com/courses/photovoltaic-power-production/#tab-course-section__curriculum. Udemy - www.udemy.com/course/photovoltaic-power-production/?referralCode=6B9FDF6368AB260E3572 I am sure that you will enjoy the design methodologies and practical knowledge we have shared in the course. Cheers Sabin Mathew
Difference between you and other UA-camrs is your not lazy. You have no problem moving the camera 65 thousand times for the viewers and you also take pride in the videos you make. Keep up the good work sir!
@@conspiracyscholor7866 between the misspellings, the grammatical errors, and you having to comment in all caps for attention....... is all anyone has to know about how bat shit crazy you conspiracy theorists are XD
Really great video on solar cells!! It was a really clear explanation, and impressive that you got into polycrystaline vs monocrystaline. Keep up the great work!
No extra stuff...no extra music - JUST PERFECT! a beautiful animation with apt explanation...really loved it- I had no distractions or au other thoughts while watching it
This panel can put out close to 100 watts ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.
I'm still very impressed with the ingenuity of the people who had the idea to cook up semiconductors like described in this video... and the people, who saw the potential, like 70 years ago.
Saw a solar panel up close for the first time. Fascinated me so I had to go and learn how they work. Your video was extremely good at explaining why and how solar panels work from beginning to end. 👍🏻
I know this is an old video, but still, this might interest you. I am a student in France. We are working on solar pannels currently, and our teacher made us watch that video. Your fame is so great even french teachers use your video. Congrats
This was a phenomenal video. I didn't think I'd really understand the topic, but this was very easy to digest. Can't believe it took me years to find this gem. Thank you!
This was perfect! This literally explains most of the chapters in my textbook in a super clear way (Lattice Structure and Bonding, Drift Current, Generation and Recombination, Photoexcitation, Conductivity, etc)
This is by far the best educational channel on youtube, it makes most complex engineering designs quite understanding. Thank you so much to this great team
this is really good! The animation is excellent and the description is the perfect balance between the details of operation and the main concept behind it. Thank you very much for such a nice video !!
Great video, explained very well apart from the closing comment concerning battery storage from large scale PV projects. This is in place currently globally and growing rapidly.
The amount of disappointment I feel now is unimaginable. Believe it or not, my professor spent more than 9 lectures trying to explain this simple concept and he couldn't get it through!!! Ugh ... This video is incredibly amazing and easy to understand, thank you!
Education through video and animation is much better than hammering of professors in college.Please make this on high level, form some kind of virtual university, I would like to learn their instead of wasting time in lecture rooms.
Good to know that here in india the solar power percentage is more than 10% of the total energy input.. seeing the potential of solar energy here in the country along with the rapid infrastructure already getting in place, we can really expect solar energy to be the next form of energy for the nation and the world too...
Great stuff. Love your channel thank You! Im really excited for the concentrated solar power panels of the future. 💟 Next thing we need to create is a new form to store energy.
Thank you for the video ! Can someone explain to me why the electrons generated by the light energy crosses the depletion region into the N-side ? The field favors that direction; but the field is only present in that direction within the depletion region right ? Beyond the depletion region, in the N-side, electrons would want to stick around the positive ions in the depletion region. So why does it move toward the terminal in the N region (Away from the positive ions) ?
Probably two years too late now but here it goes. Imagine now the electron has travelled to the n side, with that one more electron at that n side. The n side is initially charge neutral. This electron pertubs the charge balance of the n side by making it more negative. The positive and negative "forces" don't equal now. So the sensible thing is to kick an electron out into the external circuit to maintain back its charge balance. If you are interested to learn more about solar cells in an intuitive and fun manner, I'm starting a video series called "Shining Light on Solar Cells", covering the a-z of solar cells. Catch the series here: ua-cam.com/video/53eBzy8eZ-8/v-deo.html
I didn't quite understand why the holes and electrons formed in the depletion region were moving in their given directions. The electrons moved over to the negatively charged side which already had an excess of electrons, which seems like the opposite of what should happen.
@@fonduman213 It is kind of confusing. The important thing to note is that the P layer and N layer have NEUTRAL charge to start out with. The P layer (green holes) is not positively charged, it simply has atoms with the electron structure that allow it to accept electrons and become negatively charged. So when the depletion zone forms, the area of the P layer in the depletion zone is actually negatively charged, in other words it was neutral and has now accepted electrons. So when more green holes pop up, the go to the negative charge which is the P layer, and all the green holes stack up and flow through the load. You can probably get a better explanation than I can give if you look up how a diode works, which is literally what a solar cell is; a bunch of PN junction diodes.
I was doing some reading about the James Bond Movie: The Man With The Golden Gun on TV Tropes and Idioms. They mention that the villain: Scaramanga, has Solar Cells that operate at 95% efficiency. They mention that the best that solar cells currently get is 25 to 35%. They added that if solar cells really could operate at 95% efficiency, then all other power sources would be obsolete and the energy crisis would be solved. We'd have all the power we'd ever need. Hopefully they'll achieve that soon. Imagine, you'd have solar panels on your roof and never have to worry about running out of power. You could have them on your vehicle and never have to worry about recharging the batteries. Vehicles of every type, except submarines, could be solar powered. Even jet aircraft, since there is a such thing as electric jet engines. The problem with them right now, is the batteries can't hold enough power to allow them to fly the same distance or further then standard jets. Too bad.
And moron, don't try Indians in engineering. Most of them study it in English despite not all knowing English perfectly. Indians take engineering degree first and then think abt what to do with life. Just thank ur stars that economic environment in India is still not competitive and innovation friendly otw Indians would have taken back their biggest economy status which it held throughout history until 17th century.
4:51 Anyone else sees rainbows when looking at this picture right here? It always happens when there is a texture of dense black and white lines but I've never questioned what it is. You guys know anything about this? Where can I learn more?
A clean and crystal clear explanation... Indeed interestingly gets everyone attention to the fullest - like you guys are really going straight into our head, while watching this, I didn't really have any second thoughts
"in the case of a solar power plant, the massive amount of storage required is not possible" isn't that what Tesla did with their peaker battery packs in australia? just wondering how it is "not possible" from an engineering standpoint?
Not economically 'possible' maybe, it's always a matter of cost, of course it's possible, I always have a motto "If you can imagine it, then it's possible"
This video remind me of fayiman saying that "if you cannot explain the phenomena to others in an easyast way to others you actually don't understand it" and after watching this video I can say you know it very well. Keep it up
Hi guys, thank you very much for this video. It's very well done. Just one question. My understanding is that electrons would move to fill the holes. Why then would the electrons move to the n region when light hits the junction? Shouldn't it move the other way towards the p region?
@@milanganguly8751 That's what I didn't understand. With the depletion zone being electron poor (and therefore positive), wouldnt the electrons move to fill that side?
Hi Ashish, I totally understand your confusion. Now that there is a depletion region with an electric field (Shown at 2:55, being positive on the n side and negative on the p side), the electron and hole pairs generated at the depletion region would separate according to this electric field, and hence electrons would travel to the more positive n side of the depletion region. If you are interested to learn more about solar cells in an intuitive and fun manner, I'm starting a video series called "Shining Light on Solar Cells", covering the a-z of solar cells. Catch the series here: ua-cam.com/video/53eBzy8eZ-8/v-deo.html Your question is covered on Chapter 5.0 of the series. Stay tuned!
Well the explanation is actually easy when lesics said after the depletion region is formed there are no free holes and electrons as n region lost electrons they are positively charged and p region get electrons so it is negetive so just because the voltage above the depletion region is different the elctron go to n
Hello everyone, please check out my new course on photovoltaic power production - sabinmathew.com/courses/photovoltaic-power-production/#tab-course-section__curriculum.
Udemy - www.udemy.com/course/photovoltaic-power-production/?referralCode=6B9FDF6368AB260E3572
I am sure that you will enjoy the design methodologies and practical knowledge we have shared in the course.
Cheers Sabin Mathew
I like the fact he is explaining it without music playing in the background.
And managed to not lose our interest even though that's the case
@@alfredotrujillo4729 verse bjvb
Same
Didn't know they could do that!
I was engaged mostly engaged all the way through to double tap back a few times but I learned a lot.
"When you are bonded to someone, you lose your freedom" love it lmao
i laughed hard
Made me ask "are you ok, narrator guy?"
Had to check the comments to make sure someone pointed this out lol. Got engaged 3 days ago and that comment hit a bit different
That's why Nikola Tesla lived a free life
great joke lol
Difference between you and other UA-camrs is your not lazy. You have no problem moving the camera 65 thousand times for the viewers and you also take pride in the videos you make. Keep up the good work sir!
THE WORLD IS FLAT THE SINDOES NOT PRIDUCE ENERGY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT EXIST. PROTONS ARE MAGNETS
@@conspiracyscholor7866 ur mom dude
@@conspiracyscholor7866 what are u saying ...
Except; "your" isn't *you're.*
@@conspiracyscholor7866 between the misspellings, the grammatical errors, and you having to comment in all caps for attention....... is all anyone has to know about how bat shit crazy you conspiracy theorists are XD
Really great video on solar cells!! It was a really clear explanation, and impressive that you got into polycrystaline vs monocrystaline. Keep up the great work!
Thank you sir plz upload the video of led
Ok
Hey!!! Big fan here!!!
Simply the best animation ever for a solar cell operation !
No extra stuff...no extra music - JUST PERFECT! a beautiful animation with apt explanation...really loved it- I had no distractions or au other thoughts while watching it
This panel can put out close to 100 watts ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.
Thanks!
I'm still very impressed with the ingenuity of the people who had the idea to cook up semiconductors like described in this video... and the people, who saw the potential, like 70 years ago.
Saw a solar panel up close for the first time. Fascinated me so I had to go and learn how they work. Your video was extremely good at explaining why and how solar panels work from beginning to end. 👍🏻
I know this is an old video, but still, this might interest you.
I am a student in France. We are working on solar pannels currently, and our teacher made us watch that video.
Your fame is so great even french teachers use your video. Congrats
Hey brother I'm working on solar panels too hit me up
This was a phenomenal video. I didn't think I'd really understand the topic, but this was very easy to digest. Can't believe it took me years to find this gem. Thank you!
This was perfect! This literally explains most of the chapters in my textbook in a super clear way (Lattice Structure and Bonding, Drift Current, Generation and Recombination, Photoexcitation, Conductivity, etc)
1:12 When you are bonded with someone you lose your freedom 😉
Hahaha
the guy is Redpilled.
and your smile apparently
Did someone say red?
Subtle hint he has unsucessfull relationship/marriage :D
I have never come across a clearer video than this on the principal of photovoltaic energy. Great Work engineering team
This is by far the best educational channel on youtube, it makes most complex engineering designs quite understanding.
Thank you so much to this great team
this qualifies as the best solar video on youtube by far
Great explanation. Finally got the whole concept including the role of semiconductors and doping.
the most brilliant video on explaining solar panel on youtube. Thanks Mate... God bless you guys
this is really good! The animation is excellent and the description is the perfect balance between the details of operation and the main concept behind it. Thank you very much for such a nice video !!
I UNDERSTOOD SOLAR PANELS JUST WACHING IT ONCE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
Great video, explained very well apart from the closing comment concerning battery storage from large scale PV projects. This is in place currently globally and growing rapidly.
Possibly the best and most detailed video on solar cells that I've ever stumbled upon. Great work!
Very good explanation
It really helped a lot
Thanks for your efforts 🙂
Now we know what silicon tits are made of.
you are saving future lives by posting all these videos. thank you
The amount of disappointment I feel now is unimaginable. Believe it or not, my professor spent more than 9 lectures trying to explain this simple concept and he couldn't get it through!!! Ugh ...
This video is incredibly amazing and easy to understand, thank you!
Ever seen this kind of pioneer, marvelous explanation, thank you❤
I am an EEE student when my professor explain the process of parallelism and series but now I understood very clearly Many thanks Lecis
One of the best explanations I've come across; even better than Khan academy. Well done.
One of my favorite channel in the youtube.❤️🙏🙂👌
Sophomore physics major here professor just asked me to do research on solar cells thanks :) very informative
"When you are bonded with someone, you lose your freedom". This narrator is going through it. smh
Thank you for best explanation on Silicon processing in the planet!
1:12 well that escalated quickly 😂😂😂🤣
Wow what a great video. I knew nothing how it works n when searched for some videos I chose this n I am fired up.
Accurate, Apt and to the point and immensely engaging.
Such a great illustration. Who on earth dislikes such a great video? and WHY?
thank you for ur explanation that helps us to understand the way
the solar energy gained
Education through video and animation is much better than hammering of professors in college.Please make this on high level, form some kind of virtual university, I would like to learn their instead of wasting time in lecture rooms.
It's better to buy them instead of understanding it.
😂😂
Subhan Allah..both elements are found in abundant in KSA.
Thank you for such a simple and best explanation.
Couldn't find a better channel!!!
Good to know that here in india the solar power percentage is more than 10% of the total energy input.. seeing the potential of solar energy here in the country along with the rapid infrastructure already getting in place, we can really expect solar energy to be the next form of energy for the nation and the world too...
This actually made me understand Positive negative side of solar cells. Thanks
0:20 New additions to the periodic table:
Sand
Air
Rocks
Dryer lint
Surprise
Absolutely correct. Sand is a compound made up of the elements Si and O. How can such a mistake not be caught.
good and clear explanation,thanks
When you are bonded with someone you lose your freedom😂😂
Wowwwwwww this is what I'm waiting for somany years about current thank you
Sir, Lot of thanks to you
For making such a informative video and providing outstanding explanation 👌👌
Amazing video found it very helpful
Great stuff. Love your channel thank You! Im really excited for the concentrated solar power panels of the future. 💟
Next thing we need to create is a new form to store energy.
As long as the sun is shining up there, I think, we're good. For the future don't worry, I am sure we will find a way. All the best!
padkirsch bvbhh
this is the best channel to learn about stuff
"when you are bonded with someone, you have no freedom"
I feel like this lowkey a cry for help lol
1:10 Most accurate statement ever
3 weeks of studying solar cells in the class at uni are wrapped in 7 mins. very understandable
Education through video and animation is much better than hammering of professors in college.
Great video my friend. This will help me vastly within my research.
the speaker accidentally spoke his feelings at 1:13
Very nice presentation of how solar system works ❤🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for the video ! Can someone explain to me why the electrons generated by the light energy crosses the depletion region into the N-side ? The field favors that direction; but the field is only present in that direction within the depletion region right ? Beyond the depletion region, in the N-side, electrons would want to stick around the positive ions in the depletion region. So why does it move toward the terminal in the N region (Away from the positive ions) ?
Probably two years too late now but here it goes. Imagine now the electron has travelled to the n side, with that one more electron at that n side. The n side is initially charge neutral. This electron pertubs the charge balance of the n side by making it more negative. The positive and negative "forces" don't equal now. So the sensible thing is to kick an electron out into the external circuit to maintain back its charge balance.
If you are interested to learn more about solar cells in an intuitive and fun manner, I'm starting a video series called "Shining Light on Solar Cells", covering the a-z of solar cells. Catch the series here: ua-cam.com/video/53eBzy8eZ-8/v-deo.html
the ingenuity of humankind, incredible...
The emoj-like nucleus representation is really creepy.
Atlas Wlk it's not creepy according to me. It helps us to get a clear picture of that bonding example.
I didn't quite understand why the holes and electrons formed in the depletion region were moving in their given directions. The electrons moved over to the negatively charged side which already had an excess of electrons, which seems like the opposite of what should happen.
@@fonduman213
It is kind of confusing. The important thing to note is that the P layer and N layer have NEUTRAL charge to start out with. The P layer (green holes) is not positively charged, it simply has atoms with the electron structure that allow it to accept electrons and become negatively charged. So when the depletion zone forms, the area of the P layer in the depletion zone is actually negatively charged, in other words it was neutral and has now accepted electrons. So when more green holes pop up, the go to the negative charge which is the P layer, and all the green holes stack up and flow through the load.
You can probably get a better explanation than I can give if you look up how a diode works, which is literally what a solar cell is; a bunch of PN junction diodes.
@@fonduman213 Because electrons move in the opposite direction of the electric filed, while holes move in the same direction of the electric field.
@@kushagrak960 Don't use the word 'according' to describe your own opinions. It sounds very arrogant.
Best so far!!!!!
All the persons in 💬 comments are taking about relationship bounding.
No about solar power 🔋.
Well they are more interested in bonding than solar power
This video totally clear my concept.. Thank you for creating this animation..
I was doing some reading about the James Bond Movie: The Man With The Golden Gun on TV Tropes and Idioms. They mention that the villain: Scaramanga, has Solar Cells that operate at 95% efficiency. They mention that the best that solar cells currently get is 25 to 35%. They added that if solar cells really could operate at 95% efficiency, then all other power sources would be obsolete and the energy crisis would be solved. We'd have all the power we'd ever need. Hopefully they'll achieve that soon. Imagine, you'd have solar panels on your roof and never have to worry about running out of power. You could have them on your vehicle and never have to worry about recharging the batteries. Vehicles of every type, except submarines, could be solar powered. Even jet aircraft, since there is a such thing as electric jet engines. The problem with them right now, is the batteries can't hold enough power to allow them to fly the same distance or further then standard jets. Too bad.
I dont know when i'll need this knowledge, but thank you
Excellent
It's certainly the best video explaining how solar cells work. I wonder if we could have it translated to Portuguese. Thanks!
Thank you bro iam easily understand by your video
"I am easily understand"😂
Did you even understand his accent?
English is not first language of most Indians, but there r more Indians who speak better English than entire population of England...😂😂😂😂😂
And moron, don't try Indians in engineering. Most of them study it in English despite not all knowing English perfectly.
Indians take engineering degree first and then think abt what to do with life.
Just thank ur stars that economic environment in India is still not competitive and innovation friendly otw Indians would have taken back their biggest economy status which it held throughout history until 17th century.
I love this video so much 💓💝😍. It's extremely detail show.
When you are bonded with someone you lose your freedom 🤣😂
He is right 😂😂
He is right 😂😂
😂
😂😂
Thank you! I didn't do too well in physics but this explained the concept really well.
0:22 sand is not an element. However, silicon is. Great video though. Thank you.
i was confused too
It's not an element if we view it from a scientific perspective, but it is if we talk about the 5 elements of nature.
okk i think its in tht sense👍👍
Such a great resource!
The ending is now outdated but there is no way to fix that
“When you are bonded with someone, you lose your freedom” basically describes marriage.
That's literally the joke.
I disagree ur point of marriage
marriage means building a family.
@@MohamedNayeem91 pgghggghhh
its not a joke
marriage is arbitrary
everything arbitrary is bad
Amazing Video, the animations help a lot!
Wiem, że warto zaprosić na swój kanał, który poświęcony jest fotowoltaice.
Tak, warto zobaczyć kanał @panele fotowoltaiczne
No i git !
Very informative video. Thanks from Angola.
4:51 Anyone else sees rainbows when looking at this picture right here? It always happens when there is a texture of dense black and white lines but I've never questioned what it is. You guys know anything about this? Where can I learn more?
Dude yeah, I see what you mean, same thing here man. Some sort of light frequency banding.
A clean and crystal clear explanation... Indeed interestingly gets everyone attention to the fullest - like you guys are really going straight into our head, while watching this, I didn't really have any second thoughts
3:16 do we know the mechanisms how sunlight creates electron wholepairs?
Yes, is photoeletric effect. Einstein got a nobel prise for its discovery.
Best graphic explanation ever
In order to utilize this energy, we need help from the second most abundant element on earth: SAND
Nicely and simply explained!!👍💚 I subscribe and share. BRAVO
What does hole movement mean?? How does the hole move? we need details of this.
See my comment. You would have more questions.
1:10 When you bond to someone, you lose your freedom
That's deep man, that's deep...
Every man has their own story
0:22 "We need help from the second most abundant element on earth - sand"
sand? NOT real. CRINGE.
this channel save my life ..........
"When you are bonded with someone you lose your freedom" dam thats dark
*Wow explained much better than TED-x video... Subscribing to learn engineering has been the best part of my UA-cam*
"in the case of a solar power plant, the massive amount of storage required is not possible" isn't that what Tesla did with their peaker battery packs in australia? just wondering how it is "not possible" from an engineering standpoint?
Not economically 'possible' maybe, it's always a matter of cost, of course it's possible, I always have a motto "If you can imagine it, then it's possible"
"If money and time tends to infinity everything is possible"
Instead of storing it, we can just transfer the power generated by the solar plant to the grid system. It is more cost effective
It is possible but the costs would be high so we just let it flow into the grid like any other thermal power plant.
Yeah that didn't age well 😆
This video remind me of fayiman saying that "if you cannot explain the phenomena to others in an easyast way to others you actually don't understand it" and after watching this video I can say you know it very well. Keep it up
Solar energy could be stored as H2. This is, in a way, already in practice when H2 fuel is produced.
that is very true. But only problem is H2 tank.
فيدبورائع جدا - القناة تستاهل الدعم
You lose your freedom 😂😂
Seems that the video designer fought with his wife before starting the video
*lose
looks like this person is a girl, tgat's why she can realize that
what do you mean video designer? what is that?
@@gabor6259 thanks
@@AymNanh a person who designed the video
Suddenly one day I just curious to know how solar cell work..after seeing this video I really understand a lot..
Hi guys, thank you very much for this video. It's very well done. Just one question. My understanding is that electrons would move to fill the holes. Why then would the electrons move to the n region when light hits the junction? Shouldn't it move the other way towards the p region?
no because they would want to move toward their side, not the depletion zone
@@milanganguly8751 That's what I didn't understand. With the depletion zone being electron poor (and therefore positive), wouldnt the electrons move to fill that side?
That is because there’s an electric field between the depletion. That makes the electrons move to the n type layer
Hi Ashish,
I totally understand your confusion. Now that there is a depletion region with an electric field (Shown at 2:55, being positive on the n side and negative on the p side), the electron and hole pairs generated at the depletion region would separate according to this electric field, and hence electrons would travel to the more positive n side of the depletion region.
If you are interested to learn more about solar cells in an intuitive and fun manner, I'm starting a video series called "Shining Light on Solar Cells", covering the a-z of solar cells. Catch the series here: ua-cam.com/video/53eBzy8eZ-8/v-deo.html Your question is covered on Chapter 5.0 of the series. Stay tuned!
Well the explanation is actually easy when lesics said after the depletion region is formed there are no free holes and electrons as n region lost electrons they are positively charged and p region get electrons so it is negetive so just because the voltage above the depletion region is different the elctron go to n
Thanks