Last friday we conducted a lab where we were testing the voltage of a solar panel with different light intensities. After performing the procedure four times with the light at different distances, we then covered the solar panel with four different colored filters to see which allowed more light. Attached is our data that we found. SOLARdata-1
What we found was that the farther the light was from the solar panel, the less power it gave off therefore decreasing the voltage. On our excel sheet, we also show a bar graph and a scatter plot to better visualize our findings.
After we conducted the experiment four times we then continued on with the four colored filters. We used turquoise, royal blue, pink and yellow. We found out that the yellow and pink filters let more light through giving a stronger voltage outcome. The royal blue filter gave the least amount of light resulting in an average voltage of 0.394587. We also put together a graph for these recordings to understand better the outcomes.
I think of a lot of this is pretty easy to predict. Because I think that the closer the light is to an object that gains power from the intensity of light will benefit more with a closer light. And if you have a clear understanding of light and light waves, I think this experiment will be clear to you.