How Solar Power Works

Ғылым және технология

A thorough exploration of the central concepts that make solar power work.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:16 P-N Junction
3:13 Space Charge Region
5:28 Supporting Structures
5:43 Anti-Reflective Layer
6:30 Front Contact
6:42 Passivation
6:56 Rear Contact
7:14 Module

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  • @heyderaliyev8976
    @heyderaliyev89762 жыл бұрын

    I am a physics teacher at school, surfing youtube for educational content more than 10 years now /// a quick tip for you, most popular topics among electrical and electronics engineers (beginners enthusiasts) is still SMPS (switch mode power supply) Electronic components, circuit designs, Transistors (IGBT MOSFET BJT etc.) Power Inverters, Automotion PLCs etc. / soo you can gain far bigger viewer base mostly on these topics. ( I didn`t mention audio/sound system cuz you have already done a masterpiece video about audio)

  • @ch1lly05

    @ch1lly05

    8 ай бұрын

    Bruh

  • @pacresfrancis1565
    @pacresfrancis15652 жыл бұрын

    a wind turbine being explained with this level of quality would be lit!🔥🔥🔥

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    2 жыл бұрын

    I actually already have a windmill model on hand from other projects I’ve done. It’s on my short list to develop into a video!

  • @pacresfrancis1565

    @pacresfrancis1565

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs I will be watching your career with great interest! keep up your great work

  • @TestarossaF110

    @TestarossaF110

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pacresfrancis1565 you... palpatine'd D:

  • @pacresfrancis1565

    @pacresfrancis1565

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TestarossaF110 :D

  • @BranchEducation
    @BranchEducation2 жыл бұрын

    Great animation, and a really thorough explanation!! Keep up the amazing work!!

  • @mdbiplobsb2434

    @mdbiplobsb2434

    2 жыл бұрын

    🇧🇩🇧🇩

  • @berpikirlantasmencetuskary8032

    @berpikirlantasmencetuskary8032

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey sir I also amazed by your channel .... Dealing with microelectronics.

  • @dickcock459

    @dickcock459

    Жыл бұрын

    I dont know which channel is better, Branch Education or Animagrafs!

  • @DB-vm8rp
    @DB-vm8rp2 жыл бұрын

    Great content as always. As an engineer I love seeing how things work outside of my everyday field. I greatly appreciate the time and effort it takes to produce content like this for free. I hope you continue to make this content and inspire a whole new generation of engineers who can explore this kind of stuff with such ease.

  • @flizzy483
    @flizzy4832 жыл бұрын

    This is lots of information being animated and explained perfectly, packaged in a high quality video. It's amazing.

  • @michaelan9688
    @michaelan96882 жыл бұрын

    He's back after many months! I know the compliments about the obviously brilliant animations will be many, so I wanted to say that the music is great as well... Did you make it yourself?

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was tempted to write some background music for this vid! The end of the speaker video is my music :). But this particular track is from the KZread repository they let creators access for free. Making these videos is super intense so I often wish I had extra bandwidth to write the soundtrack too. I hope to soon!

  • @masternobody1896

    @masternobody1896

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs thanks for the video really epic

  • @masternobody1896

    @masternobody1896

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs why cant humans make 1 billion solars so that we don't need oil for energy

  • @sarvotham1563

    @sarvotham1563

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@masternobody1896 Not enough resources..silicon being a semi conductor is expensive as well as scarce

  • @sethsponhower
    @sethsponhower2 жыл бұрын

    You definitely do your animation graphics more the way I always hoped to see them done! Have been doing architectural design drawing for years, had 4 years of classes in school and always love doing the 3D concept point of view drawings and break-out drawings showing internal structure views in walls and how support systems function within the structure itself! Finally someone is doing this that thinks in 3 dimensions thru everything visualized! Very well planned out and executed!

  • @waynejackson53
    @waynejackson53 Жыл бұрын

    These animations are phenomenal!!Way better and ahead of the times.I am into construction and i love the water treatment processing episode. So much clarity and information. This solar power one is also very brilliant. Keep up this great works O'neal!

  • @dushdj8947
    @dushdj89472 жыл бұрын

    Loving these videos, there are so many things that I would love to learn about in your videos, maybe how a CPU works or something along those lines?

  • @usslayer4344

    @usslayer4344

    2 жыл бұрын

    i agree, i would love to see how a cpu works

  • @floydvl9999
    @floydvl99992 жыл бұрын

    Great video, you explain things at a really good pace, it's not too fast to have to go back over and over to understand.

  • @chyldstudios
    @chyldstudios9 ай бұрын

    I love the work put into this visualization. Well done!

  • @SaneSociety1
    @SaneSociety12 ай бұрын

    This is fabulous. Even the music is perfect.

  • @noah1576
    @noah15762 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos, keep up the good work 👍

  • @sahilgoyal8910
    @sahilgoyal89102 жыл бұрын

    Hey man, your work is amazing! I highly appreciate your work. I've seen your website and your eclectic mix of projects. Would request you to make more videos on the topics on your website. Cheers!

  • @PAULSWorld131
    @PAULSWorld131 Жыл бұрын

    I have 4 solar panels on my RV roof, in total 600 watt. I feel so much better now, to know what exact technology i'm driving around with. Great video!

  • @starking1534
    @starking15342 жыл бұрын

    Now this, this is content

  • @zakariaskozma7630
    @zakariaskozma76302 жыл бұрын

    Amazing animation and high quality content. Thank you!

  • @newportaerospace
    @newportaerospace2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!! I love your work

  • @lachaderp4021
    @lachaderp40212 жыл бұрын

    Underrated channel. Mark my words, this channel is on it's way to the top.

  • @Julia-lk8jn
    @Julia-lk8jn2 күн бұрын

    Love it. What with solar power being a huge factor in renewable energy, it's really feels relevant to anybody on this planet. I would love for every school to show this to their students ... and to fund you, of course!

  • @toryjohansson6918
    @toryjohansson69182 жыл бұрын

    Some of the highest quality content on the platform!

  • @tyroberts2261
    @tyroberts22612 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, these animations are great.

  • @SJayanth
    @SJayanth2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, very much. It would be greatly helpful if you would make a video on Microwave transmission lines and waveguides, it's really hard to imagine those EM waves travelling by reflection in these. There're not any good animations about these on KZread. These are very much needed for RF engineering.

  • @karlakozak9254
    @karlakozak92542 жыл бұрын

    I just discovered your channel today and I really enjoy your videos.

  • @bradleylastname5511
    @bradleylastname55112 жыл бұрын

    Subbed. This should be the standard for content. Keep it up.

  • @akshitdas2012
    @akshitdas20122 жыл бұрын

    Man... This is awesome!

  • @AlbertoPirrotta
    @AlbertoPirrotta Жыл бұрын

    Super detailed video !!!

  • @YardDogMedia
    @YardDogMedia2 жыл бұрын

    Awesom work!

  • @a.kthe_tal
    @a.kthe_tal2 жыл бұрын

    You really deserve millions subscribers...this is a lot of work

  • @jagadeeshvikramc2516
    @jagadeeshvikramc25162 жыл бұрын

    So Informative...💐🙏

  • @wadalmamoon4834
    @wadalmamoon48342 жыл бұрын

    You're my man 💪 thanks for explaining

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob2 жыл бұрын

    These videos are amazing. I learn a few things, and also learn there's a lot more I still need to learn...

  • @jimmyjohn5970
    @jimmyjohn5970 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this man. You’re amazing thank you.

  • @noobysheep_
    @noobysheep_2 жыл бұрын

    Mind blowing quality as usual ! For the next video could you talk about how PCs work please ?

  • @reliefernandezb18
    @reliefernandezb182 жыл бұрын

    thank you....I love your work.

  • @justgivemethetruth
    @justgivemethetruth Жыл бұрын

    Nicely done.

  • @larsenparker7756
    @larsenparker77562 жыл бұрын

    These are awesome videos watched just one and subbed before clicking on this! I think it would be cool if you did a vid on boat engines/motors

  • @thickdickwad7736
    @thickdickwad7736 Жыл бұрын

    I love how unceremoniously the videos ends

  • @alexsharkie4677
    @alexsharkie46772 жыл бұрын

    *The King Has Returned!*

  • @galanoth17
    @galanoth17 Жыл бұрын

    This channel is a godsend for the curiousity driven visual learners

  • @petriepretorius4085
    @petriepretorius40852 жыл бұрын

    really cool...your videos are educational...and awesome looking...

  • @abhijithcpreej
    @abhijithcpreej2 жыл бұрын

    Man, I love this guy

  • @mannylela00
    @mannylela002 жыл бұрын

    The legend returns!

  • @humanbeing5529
    @humanbeing55292 жыл бұрын

    The legend..... is backk Also you just explained what ions are to me. So thanks imma remember that for my exams

  • @sandevnimhan6660
    @sandevnimhan66602 жыл бұрын

    bro you dont know how much useful you are to students like me who hoping to be a engineer. keep up with these great work

  • @demoneye688

    @demoneye688

    8 ай бұрын

    Agree bro 🥰

  • @user-bp8yg3ko1r
    @user-bp8yg3ko1r2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video!

  • @surabhilina3061
    @surabhilina30612 жыл бұрын

    Amazing man

  • @Harshil.panchal
    @Harshil.panchal2 жыл бұрын

    Great !....Very Amazing !... Please upload more videos related to Engineerings.

  • @jacrigoni
    @jacrigoni2 жыл бұрын

    The legend is back

  • @KenoBeatZ
    @KenoBeatZ2 жыл бұрын

    This channel is a wonder !!

  • @lukeWiz44
    @lukeWiz442 жыл бұрын

    This was incredible! I’d love to see how a Diesel engine works.

  • @Milan_Rosko
    @Milan_Rosko2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @ninjabg431
    @ninjabg4312 жыл бұрын

    Cool video bro. You achieved my sub.

  • @tranlonguuu
    @tranlonguuu2 жыл бұрын

    Lol, I just subscribed this channel and received the noti for this video @@

  • @greatdavis4230

    @greatdavis4230

    2 жыл бұрын

    You did a nice job subscribing

  • @yash.jaiswal
    @yash.jaiswal2 жыл бұрын

    I watched all the videos and was craving for more, then i saw your website link

  • @lavina6724
    @lavina67242 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad to be early on this masterpiece

  • @pseudounknow5559
    @pseudounknow55592 жыл бұрын

    Incredible

  • @xposdhd2043
    @xposdhd20432 жыл бұрын

    How an Air Conditioning System works next please!!! ❤️

  • @yingle6027
    @yingle60272 жыл бұрын

    Heyy.. These videos are superb, can you please do one on the human digestive system?

  • @imranrashid7916
    @imranrashid79162 жыл бұрын

    Hello, I love your videos! Can you please show us how does a computer work? Specifically, how does the circuitboard work? Thanks!

  • @blake6413
    @blake64132 жыл бұрын

    YAY HE POSTED

  • @notice5710
    @notice57102 жыл бұрын

    Ever planning on branching out from technology and doing “ how things work ” for example in biology and so on? I know it’s kinda broad and you still have like 99.999999% of topics to break down for all the technologies of the world.

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Back before KZread I was doing webpage type stuff and did a project on the Human Eye (animagraffs.com/human-eye/). I want to bring all that research into KZread videos now. But I gotta say, anatomy is just endlessly complex. It's really difficult subject matter, but I welcome the challenge too :)

  • @notice5710

    @notice5710

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs just checked it out and woah, that’s actually pretty awesome, keep doing awesome my guy

  • @sleepymurderEDL
    @sleepymurderEDL2 жыл бұрын

    that's pretty cool

  • @dickdazzler8354
    @dickdazzler8354 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @pywifishingandoutdoors
    @pywifishingandoutdoors2 жыл бұрын

    Jeez, only if my chemistry class used real life objects kids cared about and broke it down to fundamental how to. I hated reading through text books and taking quizzes and tests. This explanation and animation is amazing! Great work Jacob!

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    2 жыл бұрын

    I feel the same way. There's certainly good reason to understand formulas and written concepts that power these inventions. And heck, fancy graphics software didn't exist before. That said, I'd have cared a whole lot more about things if they seemed more real and tangible. So now I try to do just that -- show complex forces as real and "3D" as I can so it's not boring or too mysterious or hard to grasp. It's like math and physics were just difficult homework puzzles growing up, where now I see how it actually relates to me in the real world. And it's a lot more exciting to me this way, and lots of others, I suspect.

  • @surabhilina3061

    @surabhilina3061

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs hello

  • @TheRainayan
    @TheRainayan Жыл бұрын

    I never seen such descriptive animation kudo to you, btw what software do you use to create such nice video. I am hopping to get response from you about software. Thank you in advance.

  • @lchris8937
    @lchris89372 жыл бұрын

    Great work. can you share how you did this animation?

  • @megatronusv2215
    @megatronusv22152 жыл бұрын

    This is a great overview of PV solar panels but it's worth mentioning that this a simplification (regarding the animation only). It might be obvious to some, but others may take the visualizations too literally. But, great stuff otherwise. Love your work!

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Feel free to expound if you want to. There will always be limits to visual metaphors, and dealing with atoms pretty much forces simplification. But no, solar cells don’t fill up with electrons like water tanks!

  • @szymonczapp345
    @szymonczapp3452 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, that's cool

  • @cephalonzero3504
    @cephalonzero35042 жыл бұрын

    This is some really high quality stuff here. Just amazing. I really hope that you will do a deep video about how electricity really works. It sounds simple, whole my life i was thinking that its like water pipes. Energy flows from the plus to minus side of the battery... o i was so wrong, all my life was a lie. So lately i got shicked like 5 times a day and it really got me into electricity... i got shocked because of my jacket prolly as it stole my precious electrons from me and my kind water sink gave them back to me. However i cant get my mind over electricity. I stumbled on that Veritasium video where he provokes million questions. When he asks how fast will the light bulb go on if wires go to the moon and back. He made some serious claims like: electricity is not moving inside the cable but outside the cable. Some experts seem to agree with him, yet not in everything. I mean its a great video he did good by rizing questions but now world needs some good answers. While there are tons of videos about this they are no where near to quality of your videos. Thats why im asking here. You have so much detail and this is where many experts fail. They seem to leave out the obvious stuff and make things easier to understand but those little obvious things to them can leave other people clueless. Not clueless but it creates a situation where people know something but they dont really understand it. Those experts actually created more confusion in me than i got answers tbh. Like, this veriatasium video is actually right because wire in his video works like an antenna, so you could aswell cut the cables at the ends and light would still turn on instantly not after electricity travling to the moon and back. However its not true for sure. Not in normal conditions. I mean if id did this at home there is 100% that light wont turn on at all. I would need like very special setup to do this and it would be very dangerous i believe. But most interesting thing was that, when they explained that electricity goes to the moon and back in about 3 seconds. So light would turn on in 3 seconds in normal conditions. However he also added that electrons are not actually to the moon and back at this speed. Electrons move way slower than that. Why im writing so long letter here is that, there is actaully a lot going on when we talk about electricity. Yet, there are so many people like me in the world who actually compare it to water pipes with a pump. I mean it sounds all so simple while im not even sure if u could make one video to explain all this in high detail but if u could it would turn on many lamps in the world i believe. All the best for u!

  • @galanoth17
    @galanoth17 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder how long it takes him to make these masterful animations

  • @dylanporter5409
    @dylanporter54092 жыл бұрын

    You are incredible

  • @mirizedkapadia4699
    @mirizedkapadia46992 жыл бұрын

    Subscribed!

  • @lavina6724
    @lavina67242 жыл бұрын

    still can't believe all these are made by one person o.o

  • @AbhishekMishra-nx6ro
    @AbhishekMishra-nx6ro2 жыл бұрын

    Love your animation 🇮🇳

  • @askhd.8623
    @askhd.86232 жыл бұрын

    Please upload more frequently. 🥺🥺

  • @MrGrombie
    @MrGrombie2 жыл бұрын

    Silicone needs to be careful it doesn't get caught doping by the authorities.... They will be mad wanted then. lol

  • @kayo1588
    @kayo15882 жыл бұрын

    holy shit, make a community college right now and i will assure you that it will be popular

  • @TheNewton
    @TheNewton2 жыл бұрын

    Like the hexaganol display of elements outer shell

  • @user-zi9yo3dt5s
    @user-zi9yo3dt5s2 жыл бұрын

    How do you not have more subs?

  • @jarisstarling6696
    @jarisstarling66962 жыл бұрын

    Do you think you coul do a video on how computer code works? Thank you or your videos

  • @Eastern1
    @Eastern12 жыл бұрын

    Don't have words to appreciate😊 I'm a subscribe

  • @GururajBN
    @GururajBN Жыл бұрын

    You have explained how sunlight is converted into electricity. Can you please also explain how the electricity generated is rectified for either charging the battery, or stepped up for loading on the distribution grid?

  • @connororeally9119
    @connororeally91192 жыл бұрын

    can you do a boiler, air condition , chiller etc

  • @gudzoneguitar3172
    @gudzoneguitar31722 жыл бұрын

    You lost me at P atoms or whatever however the how does an engine work vid helped alot as a meachanic student i value your work

  • @joelrivardguitar
    @joelrivardguitar3 ай бұрын

    If there is an empty space where an electron was and that space is positive is that a positron?

  • @girirajrdx7277
    @girirajrdx72772 жыл бұрын

    So if i ever want to create something like this…this level of animation work… What should i learn from scratch?

  • @JaySmith91
    @JaySmith91 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video as always. I'm not sure if this comment will still be relevant, but my only feedback on the video would be to consider doing away with subtitles (like "Passivation Layer") in the script itself. It might make sense to organize the script or the video with subtitles, but it's unnatural in the audio. Instead, continue the flow of dialogue; such as "Below that, you have the passivation layer, which..." "Below the passivation layer is an aluminum..."

  • @orbiebibbee977
    @orbiebibbee9772 жыл бұрын

    Great

  • @thlee3
    @thlee32 жыл бұрын

    solar energy is actually pretty insane

  • @master.afzaal
    @master.afzaal2 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @rishusingh6303
    @rishusingh63032 жыл бұрын

    Value able

  • @skybolt3439
    @skybolt34392 жыл бұрын

    One animation on zener diode please

  • @MortyMortyMorty
    @MortyMortyMorty2 жыл бұрын

    This is a very dumb question, but: If we have to put back the same amount of electrons that we pump out then how does it make power?

  • @Adhithya2003

    @Adhithya2003

    2 жыл бұрын

    Heat may be.

  • @dont.ripfuller6587
    @dont.ripfuller6587 Жыл бұрын

    I had a friend once that was all about that adding small amounts of impurities to his silicon... 🥴

  • @keith1291
    @keith12912 ай бұрын

    So is this similar to an LED working in reverse?

  • @Teck_1015
    @Teck_10152 жыл бұрын

    Is there any reason we can't use carbon? 🤔 It also has 4 valence electrons.

  • @floydvl9999
    @floydvl99992 жыл бұрын

    Do you have a Patreon or "Buy me a coffee" page that we can support you on to help support you in producing these videos?

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just re-activated Patreon after some years not using it. But I'm attempting to go full-time on KZread now so ... yes! I do have Patreon! www.patreon.com/animagraffs

  • @shivkumarhiremath6574
    @shivkumarhiremath65742 жыл бұрын

    Sir give me a best idea for science exhibition please

  • @Hashira_slayer
    @Hashira_slayer Жыл бұрын

    Why are you not making any video anymore plz do electronics

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