Solar panels turn sunlight into electricity
Photovoltaics transform sunlight into electricity, powering solar panels and offering a clean, affordable path to sustainable energy for our world.
Photovoltaics is the amazing technology behind solar panels, directly converting sunlight into electricity. When sunlight's tiny particles, called photons, hit a semiconductor like silicon, they excite electrons, creating an electric current. This groundbreaking effect was discovered in 1839, but practical solar cells only emerged in 1954.
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