What does photovoltaic meanwhat does photovoltaic mean?

a photovoltaic effect is the affect when electromagnetic radiationfalls on a thin film of one solid deposited on the surface of a dissimilar solid producing a diffence in potential between the two...

It is the process where sunlight is converted to electricity (not hot water).

the 'voltaic' part of it

The FF is defined as the ratio of the maximum power of the solar cell divided by the product of Voc and Isc. .

Photo - photon of light energy. Volt - unit of electrical potential. Put these together with the suffix aics and you have the word photovoltaics which are devices for converting light energy to...