Solar energy is being regarded as the power source of the future. The existing and emerging technologies that use sunlight to generate electricity are considered the cleanest renewable energy source available. Most importantly, it’s a potential solution to the ongoing …
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From Guest Blogger Wiktoria Jablonska: Albert Einstein–The Father of Solar Cells [infographic]
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Solar Photovoltaics Is Rooted in a Discovery Published on this Date
Today is the 113th anniversary of the publication of a paper that revolutionized science and ushered in the age of electronics. On this day in 1900 Max Planck published his paper on quantum mechanics, in which he explained that light …
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