"Photovoltaic energy conversion takes place in solar cells." Why is it called photovoltaic?

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anonymous · Answer

In the first lecture, he says, Photovoltaic = photo or light +electricity. Not to be confused with solar collectors.

anonymous · Answer

Minhee, you answered your own question!

ghazi · Answer

transformation of light in to electricity makes it photo (light) and voltaic (potential difference (voltage)or electricity )

anonymous · Answer

When light fall on solar cell , a potential difference is created. Photo + voltaic

anonymous · Answer

Photo= light in greek and voltaic in reference to Allessandro Volta an italian physicist and inventor of the  electric battery. Solar cells convert sunlight energy into electricity while solar collectors deal with sun heat.

anonymous · Answer

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The rapid expansion in electrical technology at this time transformed industry and society. .... Alessandro Volta's battery, or voltaic pile, of 1800, made from alternating ... Electricity and magnetism (and light) were definitively linked by James Clerk ..... description of electric potential difference that the term voltage sees.

anonymous · Answer

Colin Murchie, Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C.. M. Dennis Mynatt ..... In the early 1800s, Italian Allesandro Volta produced electricity.

atabaev · Answer

Agree with the Ghazi.Transformation of light in to electricity makes it photo (light) and voltaic (potential difference (voltage)or electricity)