How electricity is generated by silicon in solar cell ???

[Parshotam]

In solar panel, solar cells are made of from silicon-based material, when the beams of sunlight strike on photovoltaic cells; the silicon-based material is called semiconductor which converts sunlight to electric energy. Actually, in a solar PV sunlight falls on a thin layer of silicon which dislocates electrons in the thin semiconductor creating a flow of electron (electric current).

 

I want to ask what is the mechanism of this process ???

 

 

Thanks a lot,

[imatfaal]

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