Photovoltaic (Conversion) Efficiency

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The ratio of the electric power produced by a photovoltaic device to the power of the sunlight incident on the device.

US DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy — Glossary of Energy-Related Terms retrieved 2014-05-26

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Energy Efficiency
Energy Factor (EF)
Energy Guide Labels
Fuel Efficiency
Second Law Efficiency
Single-Package System

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Performance Ratings
Performance Zoning
Perimeter Heating
Permeance
Phantom Load
Phase
Phase Change
Phase-Change Material
Photobiological Hydrogen Production
Photocurrent
Photoelectric Cell
Photoelectrochemical Cell
Photoelectrolysis Hydrogen Production
Photogalvanic Processes
Photon
Photovoltaic (Conversion) Efficiency
Photovoltaic (PV)
Photovoltaic (PV; Solar) Array
Photovoltaic (Solar) Cell
Photovoltaic (Solar) Module or Panel
Photovoltaic (Solar) System
Photovoltaic Device
Photovoltaic Peak Watt
Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV/T) Systems
Physical Vapor Deposition
Pitch Control
Plan
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Planning
Plenum
Plug Flow Digester

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