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Physics — Solar Cell Energy Flow

Most incident sunlight is lost as heat.

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Solar cell: energy flowIncident sunlight100Electrical output20Reflected10Heat (thermalisation)55Not absorbed15Conserved — 100 in, 100 out, across 5 nodes and 4 flows. The widths add up.5 nodes named only by a flow — `Incident sunlight`, `Electrical output`, `Reflected`, `Heat (thermalisation)`, `Not absorbed`. They are drawn under the bare i…Conserved: 100 enters at `Incident sunlight` and 100 leaves at `Electrical output`, `Reflected`, `Heat (thermalisation)`, `Not absorbed`, and every one of the…

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title "Solar cell: energy flow"
flow "Incident sunlight" "Electrical output" 20
flow "Incident sunlight" "Reflected" 10
flow "Incident sunlight" "Heat (thermalisation)" 55
flow "Incident sunlight" "Not absorbed" 15