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Title: Silicon Solar Cell Turns 50

Program Document ·
OSTI ID:15009471

This short brochure describes a milestone in solar (or photovoltaic, PV) research-namely, the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first viable silicon solar cell by three researchers at Bell Laboratories.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99-GO10337
OSTI ID:
15009471
Report Number(s):
NREL/BR-520-33947; TRN: US200428%%941
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Aug 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English