This weeks lab was a solar energy lab. The point of the lab was to gain an understanding of the relationship between light intensity and the voltage output of the solar cell. And also, the relationship between the wavelength of light and the voltage output of the solar cell. Our task was to shine the light at different heights onto the solar panel that was connected to the computer, and to shine it with different color filters over it. Each height and color affected the voltage output.
Above are the results from the tests. Four different heights and four different heights. As the height increased the voltage output decreased and the opposite occurred with the light.
In regards to the colors, the red an green were extremely similar and the blue was just a little bit less.
We learned with this lab that the color filters and the height differences affected the voltage output in several different ways. And it was interesting to see the variety of results that turned up in this lab.