The easiest solar panels to make are those for heating water. If all you’re doing is a demonstration, you need little more than a dark plastic garbage bag, cardboard box, and some saran wrap to go over the top.
Making a solar electric (photovoltaic) panel is not a simple matter. You could make one up by wiring individual solar cells together, but it would either be more expensive than a panel you could just buy, or not very good. It’s kind of like making your own TV. You could put one together from scratch if you really had to, but it wouldn’t be worth it, when you can just go go Costco and get one cheaper.
There are many kinds of solar panels. Please specify single crystal, poly crystaline, gallium arsenide, thin film, or water heating solar panel. How much detail do you need? Are you actually making one or just writing a report? If you expect a meaningful answer you need to provide background information.
They’re made from photoelectric materials that can be replicated easily enough with trips to the hardware store. Here’s the link to how to make a rudimentary solar panel that won’t cost you a fortune to make: http://www.thesolarplan.com/articles/your-own-solar-panel-collector.html It’s pretty basic, but I hope this helps!
The easiest solar panels to make are those for heating water. If all you’re doing is a demonstration, you need little more than a dark plastic garbage bag, cardboard box, and some saran wrap to go over the top.
A variety of more elegant panel projects can be found here: http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-workshop/channel-solar/
Making a solar electric (photovoltaic) panel is not a simple matter. You could make one up by wiring individual solar cells together, but it would either be more expensive than a panel you could just buy, or not very good. It’s kind of like making your own TV. You could put one together from scratch if you really had to, but it wouldn’t be worth it, when you can just go go Costco and get one cheaper.
There are many kinds of solar panels. Please specify single crystal, poly crystaline, gallium arsenide, thin film, or water heating solar panel. How much detail do you need? Are you actually making one or just writing a report? If you expect a meaningful answer you need to provide background information.
They’re made from photoelectric materials that can be replicated easily enough with trips to the hardware store. Here’s the link to how to make a rudimentary solar panel that won’t cost you a fortune to make: http://www.thesolarplan.com/articles/your-own-solar-panel-collector.html It’s pretty basic, but I hope this helps!