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When a diode is forward biased, current is able to easily flow through it. ( N----> P within diode (electron flow direction)what textbook says )
When a solar cell is exposed to light and an external circuit, current is able to flow. ( P --> N within cell (electron flow direction) what textbook says )
Why, within the jacaranda textbook is electron flow in opposite directions for a solar panel and a forward biased diode. I have read over this like 50x and from my understanding of p-n junctions, they should both flow the same direction. I may be interpretting the textbook wrong, but I don't think I am. Also, I have definitely not got conventional current and electron flow mixed up.
any ideas?
When a solar cell is exposed to light and an external circuit, current is able to flow. ( P --> N within cell (electron flow direction) what textbook says )
Why, within the jacaranda textbook is electron flow in opposite directions for a solar panel and a forward biased diode. I have read over this like 50x and from my understanding of p-n junctions, they should both flow the same direction. I may be interpretting the textbook wrong, but I don't think I am. Also, I have definitely not got conventional current and electron flow mixed up.
any ideas?
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