amaya porwal @solarfuture

In 1839, a 19-year-old Edmond Becquerel was working in his father’s laboratory when he made the discovery that was going to transform the way humankind produced energy. He put Silver Chloride connected to platinum electrodes in acidic solution and illuminated it by light. He observed that illumination generated voltage and current across the electrodes, a phenomenon called photovoltaic effect, also known as Becquerel effect in his honor. His work was to become the foundation of the Solar PV panels.