Solar Terminology
Submitted by orville on March 8, 2008
- CIGS
- Copper Indium Gallium DiSelenide or CIGS is a class of thin-film photovoltaic.
- conversion efficiency
- gallium arsenide solar cells
- a highly efficient form of solar sell primarily used in space applications.
- heat exchange method
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
- in Japan, the body that determines subsidy levels for the solar industry.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- in the United States, the Department of Energy (DoE)'s premier laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research, development and deployment.
- silicon ingot
- solar cell
- a semiconductor that can convert sunlight into electricity.
- wafer
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