Friday, April 25, 2014

60 Years Ago Today, Bell Labs Unveiled the Solar Cell

60 Years Ago Today, Bell Labs Unveiled the Solar Cell


Sixty years ago, scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey announced that the world finally had an efficient way to turn sunlight into electricity. On April 25, 1954, Daryl Chapin, electrical engineer, Gerald Pearson, physicist, and chemist Calvin Fuller demonstrated their invention, the first practical solar cell. It was made of silicon–which, by the way, would later become the prime ingredient in computer chips.


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