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The Exams Doctor

The people in the UK who check the quality of public examinations have put a service online called The Exams Doctor. They offer advice, wisdom and sage words for those in need.

VI Characteristics of a Solar Cell

For those of you who want to geek out at the boundary of the syllabus (which refers to a solar cell in section 59 about the internal resistance of a cell, eg. a solar cell) here are a couple of bits and pieces to read. 

This is a 'how they work' piece from a German Solar Engineering company.

This piece has the VI Characteristic (the graph of V against I at the end with a few other bits and pieces.

This is a short article about the efficiency of a new type of cell (admittedly it is a little old). 

Solutions to the Jumping Aluminium Washer Paper

Here they are Download Induced EMF Solution