With the help of a solar cell, a flashlight, a ruler and our computer we were taught how solar energy works and what effects its intensity. We gathered data that told us the light intensity and the voltage output of the solar cell. We were told to hold the flashlight to the solar cell at 0 cm, 8cm, 15 cm and 30 cm. With the help of lab view, we collected our data, then compared voltage and distance. Later we did the same thing with different colored filters.
The more distance we added, the less voltage was present. The different colored filters that were used were yellow, pink and blue. Yellow seemed to provide the highest voltage at 0cm; .501, blue at 0cm; .443 and pink at 0cm; .413
Without a filter, here are our results.
0cm no light: .013536
0cm with light: .484397
8cm with light: .477982
15 cm with light: .46002
30cm with light: .353531
