Engineering - Silicon, Semiconductors, & Solar Cells: Crash Course Engineering #22

Unlock the World of Engineering: Dive into Dynamic Disciplines, Tackle Cutting-Edge Challenges, and Innovate the Future with Crash Course Engineering!

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What you'll learn

Understand the fundamentals and various fields of engineering
Gain insights into the historical development of core engineering disciplines
Learn the principles of thermodynamics and their engineering applications
Explore the challenges and advancements in renewable and clean energy engineering

This course includes

7.5 hours of video
Certificate of completion
Access on mobile and TV

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Keywords

education stem engineering silicon semiconductors solar cells

Full Transcript

Today we’re looking at silicon, and how introducing small amounts of other elements allow silicon layers to conduct currents, turning them into semiconductors. We’ll explore how putting two different types – N and P semiconductors – together gives us electrical components like diodes, transistors, and solar cells. Crash Course Engineering is produced in association with PBS Digital Studios: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1mtdjDVOoOqJzeaJAV15Tq0tZ1vKj7ZV Check out Reactions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJ9oJ2GUF8Vmb-G63ldGWg *** RESOURCES: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/ https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1972/ https://www.explainthatstuff.com/howtransistorswork.html https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/archive-2013-2014/how-a-solar-cell-works.html http://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/Environmental/L9/2.html *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following Patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever: Mark Brouwer, Kenneth F Penttinen, Trevin Beattie, Satya Ridhima Parvathaneni, Erika & Alexa Saur, Glenn Elliott, Justin Zingsheim, Jessica Wode, Eric Prestemon, Kathrin Benoit, Tom Trval, Jason Saslow, Nathan Taylor, Brian Thomas Gossett, Khaled El Shalakany, Indika Siriwardena, SR Foxley, Sam Ferguson, Yasenia Cruz, Eric Koslow, Caleb Weeks, D.A. Noe, Shawn Arnold, Malcolm Callis, Advait Shinde, William McGraw, Andrei Krishkevich, Rachel Bright, Mayumi Maeda, Kathy & Tim Philip, Jirat, Ian Dundore -- Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support Crash Course on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids