Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels)
Part 2 - explainer video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUteH93xNo
LEDs and solar panels are both made of diodes. A diode is just designed to allow electricity to flow in one direction but because we make them out of semiconductors they can do all these other things.
Video produced in cooperation with Merck (https://www.youtube.com/user/merckgroup). Merck is known as Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the United States.
Here's the link to the curiosity report (interactive): https://www.merckgroup.com/en/interactive-report?ko_StMo
And here it is as a PDF:
http://bit.ly/StateofCuriosityReport2018
Animations by Dom Burgess. His brilliant channel, Every Think, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGI000V6ZIAQf97MNybAaLQ
Thanks to these amazing patrons on Patreon for supporting my channel:
Glenn Watson
Joël van der Loo
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stevemould
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Видео Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels) канала Steve Mould
LEDs and solar panels are both made of diodes. A diode is just designed to allow electricity to flow in one direction but because we make them out of semiconductors they can do all these other things.
Video produced in cooperation with Merck (https://www.youtube.com/user/merckgroup). Merck is known as Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the United States.
Here's the link to the curiosity report (interactive): https://www.merckgroup.com/en/interactive-report?ko_StMo
And here it is as a PDF:
http://bit.ly/StateofCuriosityReport2018
Animations by Dom Burgess. His brilliant channel, Every Think, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGI000V6ZIAQf97MNybAaLQ
Thanks to these amazing patrons on Patreon for supporting my channel:
Glenn Watson
Joël van der Loo
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stevemould
Twitter: http://twitter.com/moulds
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevemouldscience/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevemouldscience/
Buy nerdy maths things: http://mathsgear.co.uk
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