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2. Carl A. Wiley - Wikipedia

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   Carl Atwood Wiley (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 1985) was an American mathematician and engineer. He is most widely known as the originator of the solar sail concept as well as the inventor of synthetic aperture radar .

3. List of solar-powered products - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of products powered by sunlight, either directly or through electricity generated by solar panels. Solar air conditioning; Solar balloon; Solar charger. Strawberry Tree; Solar chimney; Solar-powered waste compacting bin; Solar cooker; Solar dryer; Solar-powered fan; Solar furnace; Solar inverter; Solar keyboard; Solar ...

4. Photovoltaic system - Wikipedia

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   A photovoltaic system, also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.It consists of an arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and convert sunlight into electricity, a solar inverter to convert the output from direct to alternating current, as well as mounting, cabling, and ...

5. Solar-powered calculator - Wikipedia

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   Solar-powered calculators are hand-held electronic calculators powered by solar cells mounted on the device. [1] They were introduced at the end of the 1970s. [2]Amorphous silicon has been used as a photovoltaic solar cell material for devices which require very little power, such as pocket calculators, because their lower performance compared to conventional crystalline silicon solar cells is ...

6. Living Reviews in Solar Physics - Wikipedia

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   It was founded and published at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research from 2004 to 2015. After it was sold by the Max Planck Society in June 2015, it is now published by the academic publisher Springer Science+Business Media. The articles in Living Reviews provide critical reviews of the current state of research in the fields they ...

7. Polycrystalline silicon - Wikipedia

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   The solar PV price survey and market research firm, PVinsights, [47] reported that the prices of polysilicon might be dragged down by lack of installation in the second half of 2011. [48] As recently as 2008 prices were over $400/kg spiking from levels around $200/kg, while seen falling to $15/kg in 2013.