shine india monthly magazine

shine india monthly magazine

shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 7 the production of electricity using sunlight is a much more recent phenomena. in 1901, nicolas tesla was the first person to receive a patent related to solar electricity, but he called it radiant heating. he sought a patent for a machine to capture the radiant heat, but nothing much came of the invention. in 1904, some unknown physicist named albert einstein published a paper on the potential electricity production from sunlight. in 1913, william coblentz received the first patent for a solar cell, but he could never make it work. in 1916, robert millikan was the first to produce electricity with the cell. for the next forty years or so, nobody made much progress because the cells were highly inefficient at converting sunlight to energy shine india monthly magazine buy.

shine india monthly magazine