Good As Gold: The Silicon Solar Cell Turns 50. John Perlin and others.
by Perlin, John; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 68Environment. Publisher: Solar Today, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Anniversaries | AT&T Bell Labs | Photovoltaic cells | Silicon | Solar cellsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In 1953, the solar world started with a single 2 cm squared photovoltaic (PV) cell that was about 5 percent efficient and generated 5 milliwatts of electricity. In 2002, that world shipped over 500 million PV cells totaling 4 billion cm squared that were from 15 percent to 20 percent efficient and produced more than 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity." (SOLAR TODAY) This article presents the "history of Bell Labs and the solar cell."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Good As Gold: The Silicon Solar Cell Turns 50, Jan./Feb. 2004; pp. 24-27.
"In 1953, the solar world started with a single 2 cm squared photovoltaic (PV) cell that was about 5 percent efficient and generated 5 milliwatts of electricity. In 2002, that world shipped over 500 million PV cells totaling 4 billion cm squared that were from 15 percent to 20 percent efficient and produced more than 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity." (SOLAR TODAY) This article presents the "history of Bell Labs and the solar cell."
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