This week’s Lab was the solar cell lab. This lab was broken down into two parts; the first part was 5 trails which consisted of us flashing a light at a solar panel (no light and light shined directed were mandatory). The second was four trials, one for each color filter, shining the light directly at the solar panel at 0 cm. With this lab we were to understand the connection between light and voltage output and how they connect.
For this experiment we had assumed that the 0 cm, with no light, would be the least and the 0 cm where the light was flashing directly at the panel would the highest. With the filter I thought that the green, because it was the darkest of the filters.
Here is the data for the first part:
1 No light
Average: -0.05
2. 0 cm
Average: 0.41
3. 2 cm
0.39
4. 5 cm
Average: 0.36
5. 10 cm
Average: 0.35
Heres the second part of the data (with filters):
*All of the trials with filters had the light measured at 0 cm*
1. Clear filter
Average: 0.40
2. Pink filter
Average: 0.34
3. Green filter
Average: 0.28
4. Blue filter
Average: 0.31
For the first time, we did not have any problem while working on the lab. We got through the whole thing without a single malfunction and that was really exciting! It felt really good to not stress and put 100% into this lab.