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What happens when light hits solar cells? Scientists just observed the first moments

Posted in solar power, sustainability

Everything is about to be illuminated.

A team of researchers from Imperial College London and Newcastle University has just observed what happens after light strikes solar cells.

The researchers employed a cutting-edge technique to analyze organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials that harvest the sunlight to generate electricity and peered into the first fractions of a second after light meets the cells, a press release states.