The problem and Its Setting

Mobile phones are currently the most popular form of wireless

communication in almost all the countries throughout the world. According to the

estimation of the International telecommunication Union, there are over 6.8 billion

cell phone user around the world and the number is growing fast as technology gets

better and cost of production lower.

However, the average lifetime of a mobile phone battery according to

G.Chiang and S.Bajaj(2011) is only around 8-12 hours with moderate usage. This

becomes very inconvenient for people specially on the road or occupied with work.

Solar powered phone charger is a device that used light rays of a minimum amount

as the energy source to charge a phone. Cell phone are then charged without plugging

into a power source.

Many of us having problem on losing power of our portable gadgets device

especially mobile phone during the peak occasion, mostly on travels. And for solving

problem we conduct a research on how to ease on that certain situation with the study

of having a solar powered phone charger. it is not only a normal charger that we

usually plug on electricity socket but it use a solar panel to gain solar energy from

the sunlight. And also to store energy to power for further and later usage.

Theoretical Framework

The solar charger employs solar energy to supply electricity to device or

charge batteries. Generally this solar charger are portable, to supply power to device

wherever there’s a sunlight. Depending on its solar panel it can produce voltage and

can produce a hundred of ampere-hours capacity, enough to charge our devices.

Solar charger charge lead acid (Ni-Cd), some of solar panel installed stationary

location such as rooftops or ground. But basically the solar charger generally can

place anywhere, and can be connected to self-built battery bank. It also can be used

as energy conservation device.

The conversion of energy from light into electricity

Just a Law of conservation of energy state that “Energy cannot be created nor

destroyed but can only be transformed from one to another”. This is where the idea

of solar energy came from, to transform the sun’s raging light into lifelong,

unharmed, and sustainable energy source for the human being. An online journal.

How Stuff Works, Explained the process on how sunlight is converted into electrical

energy. Light basically from the sun is absorbed by the Photovoltaic (PV) cells

(made of semiconductor material like silicon) or commonly known as solar cells,

and directly converts into electricity. When light strike the semiconductor material ,

a certain amount isa absorbed which means energy from the source is transferred

into the magnetic field cause electrons to flow in a certain direction that now produce

the current. The power generated by the PV cell flow through a circuit design to

charge the battery.

Conceptual framework

In this study shown on how the sunlight rays convert into electricity

Sunlight
Solar panel Module boost Built-in Battery
Statement of the problem

This research aims to make a solar power phone charger.

Specially, this study should be able to answer the following question:

1.1. What are the materials to be used in making solar powered phone

charger?

1.2. How many volts will be needed to charge the phone?

1.3. What is the maximum number hours to fully charged the battery of

phone?

1.4. Is there a significant difference in number of hour charging of solar-

powered phone charger and the conventional charger