Inventor

Calvin S Fuller

Patents indexed

Year range

1957

Associated with

Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc

Years active

1957

Total patents

Most recent

1957

Frequent collaborator

Daryl M Chapin

Domains

energysemiconductorsconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1950s

Patents

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1 patents, in 1957

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1957 — How the First Practical Silicon Solar Cell Works

US 2780765·1957·Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc

How the First Practical Silicon Solar Cell Works

A 1954 invention by Bell Labs researchers that created the first silicon-based solar cell capable of converting sunlight into enough electricity to power everyday devices.

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