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Solar Power: front cover

Bench Degree
SOLAR POWER

Free to read in full, a chapter at a time. 19 parts.


  1. Copyright
  2. On the Cover
  3. Before You Start
  4. Chapter 1: The Backwards LED
  5. Chapter 2: The Other Way to Use the Sun
  6. Chapter 3: From Becquerel to Bell Labs
  7. Chapter 4: Photons, Energy and Wavelength
  8. Chapter 5: Semiconductors From Scratch
  9. Chapter 6: The P-N Junction and Why It Makes Current
  10. Chapter 7: The I-V Curve, and the Only Point That Matters
  11. Chapter 8: Efficiency, and the Ceiling
  12. Chapter 9: Temperature, Shade and the Real Output
  13. Chapter 10: Wiring, Series and Parallel
  14. Chapter 11: Inverters and the Grid
  15. Chapter 12: Batteries, and Whether They Pay
  16. Chapter 13: Sizing a Real Array
  17. Chapter 14: Degradation and Failure
  18. Chapter 15: What You Now Know
  19. Appendix A: The Bench
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