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What is the price per watt for the 160w solar panel?
What is the price per watt for the 160w solar panel?
Which solar panel has the highest price per watt?
Which solar panel has the highest price per watt?
What is the price per watt for the 75w solar panel?
What is the price per watt for the 75w solar panel?
Among the listed solar panels, which one has the lowest price per watt?
Among the listed solar panels, which one has the lowest price per watt?
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What is the main function of a solar cell?
What is the main function of a solar cell?
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What is the photovoltaic effect based on?
What is the photovoltaic effect based on?
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What is a significant limitation of solar photovoltaic technology?
What is a significant limitation of solar photovoltaic technology?
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Which milestone in the history of PV technology relates to the invention of the first practical silicon solar cell?
Which milestone in the history of PV technology relates to the invention of the first practical silicon solar cell?
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What was the efficiency of the solar cell created by Hoffman Electronics in 1957?
What was the efficiency of the solar cell created by Hoffman Electronics in 1957?
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When was the first PV powered satellite launched?
When was the first PV powered satellite launched?
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Who developed the first thin film solar cell exceeding 10% efficiency using Cu2S/CdS technology?
Who developed the first thin film solar cell exceeding 10% efficiency using Cu2S/CdS technology?
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In which year did First Solar claim to have converted 22.1 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity using experimental cells made from cadmium telluride?
In which year did First Solar claim to have converted 22.1 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity using experimental cells made from cadmium telluride?
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In which year did scientists in Germany achieve a new world record solar cell efficiency for a silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell, converting 32.5% of sunlight into electrical energy?
In which year did scientists in Germany achieve a new world record solar cell efficiency for a silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell, converting 32.5% of sunlight into electrical energy?
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When were the 20% efficient silicon cells created by the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering at the University of New South Wales?
When were the 20% efficient silicon cells created by the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering at the University of New South Wales?
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