3. Table of Contents
1. Title page
2. Table of contents
3. What is solar power
4. How a solar panel work
5. Where to spot a solar panels
6. Intro to a solar panel highway
7. Advantages of a solar power highway
8. Disadvantages of a solar power highway
9. Intro to spray-on solar power
10. Uses for a spray-on solar panel
11. The efficiency of the spray-on solar power
12. Disadvantages of the spray-on solar power
13. 1 Questions
14. 1 Questions
15. 1 Questions
16. Picture
17. Resource
4. What is solar power
Solar power is energy that is generates by the sun, which is then
converted into energy.
Solar power is widely available, free and
pollution-free.
5. How a solar panel works
Another name for a solar panel is a photovoltaic (PV); which comes
from the word photo- meaning light, -voltaic meaning energy.
A group of electrically connected cells that are packaged into a
frame are called a module or more commonly know as a solar
panel.
Certain parts of the rays of light are absorbed by the silicon and
electrons are knocked off, allowing them to move freely.
These cells often have more than one magnetic field that force
electrons to got in a certain direction. This is created by placing
2 metal pieces; one at the top, the other at the bottom.
Solar panels are made up of crystallized silicon a semi-conductor,
coated with a silicon nitrate to make it anti-reflective, and
hydrogen plasma to collect the energy.
6. Where To Spot Solar Panels
Solar panels can be stopped in many places such as on top of
electric highway signs, homes, cars, calculators, buildings, some
lamp posts, some outdoor lighting decor, and more
places!
7. Intro to Solar Powered Highways
Remember last week you were driving somewhere when you say a
traffic jam on the highway because of repairs to the highway?
8. Imagine if one day, you could make that all go away?
9. We would use huge solar panels instead of regular asphalt.
The sun would be able to power entire cities if all the highways
were made out of solar panels.
Advantages Of A Solar Powered Highway
They can provide electricity to many homes and businesses.
10. With the heat they can gather, the can help melt the snow
from the highways
11. They can provide a good supply of energy of electric car.
They would just have to go into a pit stop and charge up.
12. A 3.7mX3.7m=7.6 kilowatts hours of power per day; that
powers about 500 homes!
Disadvantages Of Solar Power
Each panelis $7000 and you would need millions and millions to
cover all the roads.
13. Not to mention carful installation and proper
maintenance.
14. They would take many years to double the input cost of the
solar panels.
15. What if its a cloudy day, how could we gather
electricity?
16. Or what if they get damaged with a car accident?
17. They only convert about 14% energy into electricity;
therefore the are inefficient.
Intro to Spray-on Solar Panels
Traditional solar panels are made up of crystallized silicon,
or thin PV films.
18. Spray-on solar panels would basically be a giant conveyor
belt moving a solar panel with hydrogen the an anti-reflective
layer.
19. These would be used to lower the cost of production of the
traditional solar panel.
20. They are made up of quantum dots, which are semi-conducting
nanoparticles. When mixed with polymer, they form a lighter,
stronger, less expensive and cleaner solar panels.
21. They would also be the beginning for infrared ray
collection and transformation into usable energy.
Uses Of Spray-On Solar Panels
These solar panels would be sprayed onto into many everyday
things such as buildings, virtually every electronic and hey, maybe
even your clothing?!
22. They would just replace the use of traditional solar panels
just as computers for typewriters, or black and white TV for flat
LCD and Plasma TVs!
Disadvantages Spray-on Solar Panel
Just as almost anything else humans have created, there are
always backslides to products.
23. For example, the product wont be commercially available
till next year with a high cost.
24. Sadly the solar panel industries have seen a sharply
decline to this products marketing.
Question #1
On a Sunny day, how much energy can be produce?
25. Answer
A 3.7mX3.7m=7.6 kilowatts hours of power per day; that powers about
500 homes!
26. Question #2
What type of solar panel can use both infrared and solar rays to
produce energy?
27. Answer
A spray-on solar panel
28. Question #3
What are the 3 major
components to
a solar panel?
29. Answer
Solar panels are made up of crystallized silicon a semi-conductor,
coated with a silicon nitrate to make it anti-reflective, and
hydrogen plasma to collect the energy.
