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It's a part that reacts by putting out a voltage when a light is shining on it.

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Solar energy is mostly environmentally safe. It doesn't pollute the air and water unlike fossil fuels, biofuel, and waste-to-energy methods of electricity production. However, the cadmium contained in photo-voltaic cells is a heavy metal and a hazardous waste product which is potentially dangerous if photo-voltaic cells are not properly disposed.


Is photo voltaic cell is an active transducer?

A photovoltaic cell is an active transducer. This is commonly referred to as a strain gauge or simply known as a solar panel.


What is device used to convert temperature in to voltage?

temperature sensorAnswerA thermo-voltaic junction, or thermo-voltaic pile, is used for this purpose. A thermo-voltaic junction consists of two dissimilar metals connected together; as the temperature increases, an increasing potential difference arises between the two metals. A thermo-voltaic 'pile' is a number of thermo-voltaic 'junctions' connected in series.


Which electrode of a voltaic cell the cathode or the anode corresponds to the higher potential energy for the electrons?

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What is the difference between photo electric effect and compton effect?

The photo-electric effect causes a current to pass between two plates that already have a voltaic potential difference.the photovoltaic effect causes a voltage to grow between two plates that don't already have one (or changes the applied voltage to something else). There is no current.In photo electric effect,When light(photon) Strikes on the one plate,electron in outershell of atom is ejected by absorbing the light.And electron can move from its plate to other plate if energy of photon is satisfy the break force of surface into electron and potential energy of two plates.So current is generated.In photo voltaic effect,When light(photon) Strikes on the one plate, electron in outershell of atom is go up to new energy level by absorbing the light. So no charge carriers move.Therefore no current.