Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Solar cells come in many shapes and sizes, and are manufactured with a variety of materials. The wafer of this round cell is made with the element silicon and has an anti-reflection coating of titanium dioxide. The dark areas convert sunlight into electricity while the thick and thin lines are part of the electrical circuit. The two white, golf club-shaped parallel lines are the main circuit leads that gather the charge from the seventeen thin “fingers” that run horizontally across the wafer. This solar cell was designed for use on the ground rather than in space.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- from Eugene L. Ralph
- ID Number
- 2016.0070.01
- accession number
- 2016.0070
- catalog number
- 2016.0070.01
- Object Name
- photovoltaic cell
- solar cell
- Measurements
- each: in x 2 1/8 in; .0254 cm x 5.3975 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1804250
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-1aa3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
