• Question: How do solar panels work?

    Asked by JTM2003 to Alison, Hannah, Jonny, MarthaNari, Paul on 20 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Paul Brack

      Paul Brack answered on 20 Jun 2015:

      Basically, photons (little packages) of light knock electrons off the atoms in a material (usually silicon in solar panels), and these electrons can then flow – this flow of electrons is electricity.

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