![A while back, someone asked me for a picture of what was in tubes marked "Silicon solar cell blanks" I posted. [764x1264 - 113KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/WVmy3f.jpg){kind=link}
A solar cell is just a big diode, so I guess they dope the surface of one of these, then deposit the silver electrodes.
A solar cell is just a big diode, so I guess they dope the surface of one of these, then deposit the silver electrodes.
Here's one of them, just pure unadulterated amorphous silicon. This stuff is like a mirror. The blank shown is about thumbnail size.
Here's one of them, just pure unadulterated amorphous silicon. This stuff is like a mirror. The blank shown is about thumbnail size.
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