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Chapin, Fuller and Pearson developed a silicon junction device that converted sunlight into usable electrical power, helping establish practical photovoltaics.
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Scientific scope
The device built on earlier photovoltaic and silicon work, including Russell Ohl. This specific cell is not the first observation of the photovoltaic effect or a measure of current commercial efficiency.
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- A New Silicon p-n Junction Photocell for Converting Solar Radiation into Electrical Power
- A New Silicon p-n Junction Photocell for Converting Solar Radiation into Electrical Power — deposited bibliography
- Smithsonian record of the donated experimental cell
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People and systems
D. M. Chapin; C. S. Fuller; G. L. Pearson
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English catalogue narrative
A practical silicon junction solar cell
Chapin, Fuller and Pearson developed a silicon junction device that converted sunlight into usable electrical power, helping establish practical photovoltaics.
Scientific scope
The device built on earlier photovoltaic and silicon work, including Russell Ohl. This specific cell is not the first observation of the photovoltaic effect or a measure of current commercial efficiency.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
D. M. Chapin; C. S. Fuller; G. L. Pearson
Source paper byline retained, including repeated label positions. Names are not verified unique identities or measurements of individual effort.