can I make electric solar cells at home?
Monday, August 31st, 2009 at
12:49 pm
for a boy scout demo. dose not have to be effecient, just work.
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Yes you can. Search for "cuprous oxide solar cell". An example is linked below.
You can also make a dye-based cell at home.
Both of these technologies will put out less than 1 milliwatt – if you wire several of them together, you might be able to power an LCD watch or calculator, but that’s about it. The output is easily detectable with a digital multimeter.
I’d have to guess "yes". Easy? "No". Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs made processors and mainframes in Steve Jobs’ garage when apple was first starting out, so… I guess almost anything is possible from home. Just need the right equipment and knowledge.