Bell Telephone Labs experimental P/N photovoltaic cell

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Bell Laboratories
Description (Brief)
Bell Labs researchers Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson invented a practical solar cell in 1954. The company adapted the invention to power telephone equipment in remote locations and licensed the technology to other companies. This early experimental cell still generates a small amount of electricity today.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
from Peter Iles
1954
ID Number
2016.0061.01
accession number
2016.0061
catalog number
2016.0061.01
Object Name
solar cell
photovoltaic cell
Measurements
overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 3.81 cm x 4.7625 cm
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Energy & Power
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1805541
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-805b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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