Double Solar Cell

£10.00£13.00 ex VAT

Double solar cell to power your projects.

£13.00 ex VAT
Wires with crocodile clips
£11.00 ex VAT
Pinch terminals
£10.00 ex VAT
Solder tabs
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Description

The picture shows the front of a double cell on the left and the back of double a cell on the right. You will receive only one double cell. The picture shows the pinch terminals variant for easy connection.

Includes:

  • Double solar cell – 3V / 300mA
  • Specification sheet
  • PV Tech – How a Solar Cell is Manufactured
  • Teacher support documents

The Plugging into the Sun® flexible solar cell is at the centre of a unique range of renewable energy educational resources and activities.

Assembly kits, activities & experiments for 2-Q double cells:

  • model solar car
  • solar cell tests
  • electric circuit investigations, parallel, series, voltage, current, resistance and power
  • rechargeable battery maintenance
  • solar electric clock kit
  • solar powered buzzers, bulbs, motors, LEDs, electronic circuits and electromagnetism
  • propeller spinners, radio, fan and mini-water pump
  • daylight investigations, movement & inclination of the sun, earth’s atmosphere and cloud cover

Triple-Junction Cell Specification

  • double cell laminate
  • thin-film amorphous silicon 177mm x 80mm x mm thick
  • weight: 23g with pinch terminals
  • output 4.2V open circuit – under natural light conditions
  • 3 V* (stable) and 300 mA*
  • *figures are accurate to +/- 10%
  • flexible, virtually unbreakable
  • waterproof, high power/weight ratio
  • durable, 20 year+ useful life
  • responds to diffuse light (light scattered by cloud cover)
  • pinch terminal connections allow for easy connection to devices

Find out about UNI-SOLAR® Technology

See the single solar cell page for details of 1-Q PV cell used with older solar car models.

Electrical connection options

  • pinch terminals
  • wires (150 mm or to your requirements) and crocodile clips
  • pre-tinned solder tabs

 

Source of Solar Car Components

Recycled mobile phone sim and credit cards are used for constructing the front and rear assembly components

The manufacture of amorphous silicon cells is very different from that of crystalline cells. The silicon is deposited as a thin film on a substrate, usually either stainless steel or a glass sheet covered with a layer of tin oxide acting as a transparent contact. The process used for depositing amorphous silicon lends itself well to mass production techniques.

The solar-active cell is a spectrum-splitting cell, constructed of three separate p-i-n type, amorphous semiconductor solar sub-cells, each with a different spectral response characteristic. In this way, the cell can convert the different visible and near infrared wavelengths of sunlight with optimal efficiency.

Packaging Statement

The source of our tube packaging is from recycling the inner core of carpets and packaging cellophane. All components are in paper bags.

Additional information

Terminal Type

Solder Tabs, Pinch Terminals, Wires with Crocodile Clips

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