Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Photovoltaic Alchemy: Secrets of Solar Science
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Not solar but fusion’s twist—plasma’s magnetic cage
- 2. Direct conversion of thermal gradients into electric currents
- 3. Neither metal nor insulator, heart of solar alchemy
- 5. Optical maestro directing rays into a focused frenzy
- 8. Converts light into current, not an alchemist’s spell but semiconductor’s delight
- 11. Increase in signal, or power multiplied in quantum leaps
- 12. Angle where photons meet the panel’s plane, vital to power’s embrace
- 14. Poly silicon variant, family of many tiny crystal tales
- 15. Power of sunlight landing per unit area at a moment
- 19. Measure of solar radiation energy per surface, sun’s daily gift
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- 4. Emitting light when current flows, reverse solar cells’ secret flash
- 6. Single silicon structure, pure and aligned, often king of efficiency
- 7. One-way gatekeeper preventing reverse current’s mischievous play
- 9. Measures sun’s emissive essence hitting earth’s surface
- 10. Branch dictating heat flows and entropy’s solar dance
- 13. Solar cell layered in spectral arms for maximum absorption
- 16. Policy enticement paying you for sun-fed electrons
- 17. Flips DC to AC, the silent transformer in solar symphony
- 18. External push or pull on a junction’s electrical fate