Glossary

Glossary of Solar Energy Terms

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Items starting with C

Cadmium (Cd)

Cadmium Telluride (CdTe)

Capacity Factor

Captive Electrolyte Battery

Cathode

Cathodic Protection

Cd

CdTe

Cell (battery)

Cell Barrier

Cell Junction

Charge

Charge Carrier

Charge Controller

Charge Factor

Charge Rate

Charge Regulator

Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

CIS

Cleavage of Lateral Epitaxial Films for Transfer (CLEFT)

Cloud Enhancement

Collector Glazing

Combined Collector

Combiner Box

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)

Concentrator

Conduction Band (or conduction level)

Conductor

Contact Resistance

Conversion

Conversion Efficiency

Converter

Copper Indium Diselenide (CuInSe2, or CIS)

Crystalline Silicon

Current

Current at Maximum Power (Imp)

Cutoff Voltage

Cycle

Czochralski Process