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Question:

What are solar panels made up of?

I mean like bread is made of wheat, what are solar panels made up of?How are they manufactured?

Answer:

Solar panels (aka photovoltaic panel) are most often made up of thin wafers of crystalline silicon or cadmium telluride. As photons from the sun enter the photovoltaic cell, electrons are freed from the substrate when are then collected by wires that run throughout the panel. And as we know electrons=electricity!

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