Glossary

Glossary of Solar Energy Terms

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Items starting with P

P-dopant

P-I-N

P-Type Semiconductor

P/N

Packing Factor

Panel

Parabolic Mirror/Trough

Parallel Connection

Passivation

Peak Demand/Load

Peak Power Current

Peak Power Point

Peak Power Tracking

Peak Sun Hours

Peak Watt

Phantom Load

Phosphorous (P)

Photocurrent

Photoelectric Cell

Photoelectrochemical Cell

Photon

Photovoltaic (PV) Array

Photovoltaic (PV) Cell

Photovoltaic (PV) Conversion Efficiency

Photovoltaic (PV) Device

Photovoltaic (PV) Effect

Photovoltaic (PV) Generator

Photovoltaic (PV) Module

Photovoltaic (PV) Panel

Photovoltaic (PV) System

Photovoltaic(s) (PV

Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV/T) System

Physical Vapor Deposition

Plates

Pocket Plate

Point focus

Point-Contact Cell

Polycrystalline Silicon

Power Conditioning

Power Conditioning Equipment

Power Conversion Efficiency

Power Density

Power Factor (PF)

Primary Battery

Projected Area

Pulse-Width-Modulated (PWM) Wave Inverter

PV

PV Array

PV Module

Pyranometer

Pyrheliometer