Bell Telephone Labs experimental P/N photovoltaic cell
date: label: date made
content: 1954
name: label: maker
content: Bell Laboratories
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bell Labs researchers Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson invented a practical solar cell in 1954. The company adapted the invention to power telephone equipment in remote locations and licensed the technology to other companies. This early experimental cell still generates a small amount of electricity today.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Peter Iles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0061.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0061
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0061.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: solar cell
label: Object Name
content: photovoltaic cell
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 3.81 cm x 4.7625 cm