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Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels)

Steve Mould

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Linked to show that LEDs and solar cells rely on the same underlying physics, so each can weakly perform the job of the other.

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In the video Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels) a silicon photovoltaic cell from a calculator is purposefully damaged and then a 36 V bias is applied.

uhoh on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jan 2020. CC BY-SA.

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