The first solar panel made 60 years ago dug out of history

No-one knew what a solar panel was 60 years ago. The concept of turning the sun’s energy into electricity was never heeded to before. One man came up with the technology though, a British science teacher. This contraption he developed based on the junction semiconductor still works today! If exposed to direct sunlight, the device can generate 1.5 volts of energy, which may not be a lot, but come to think of, this was the first solar panel! Forgotten thru time and snuggly left behind in a box, this device was finally stumbled upon and displayed at the ‘Antiques for Everyone’ show at Birmingham’s NEC.

Sadly though, the inventor of this awe-inspiring antique isn’t known. It uses a mineral called selenium that converts the solar energy into electricity. He probably wouldn’t know that the same contraption he used to prove to his friends that solar energy could produce energy, would be used on such a wide scale all over the world today.
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