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Claim · claim:pv-drives

Incident radiation flux —drives→ Photovoltaic effect

The atlas records this claim as established: an incident radiation flux drives the photovoltaic effect under the conditions below.

establishedK8 · commercial technologyledger radiative → electronic-excitation · loss to thermalno record-level review date

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3cited sources1enumerated routes using it1routes with composition evidence1recorded pathways

Conditions

  • photon energy above the band gap of the absorber
  • a p–n junction or other asymmetry to separate the carriers before they recombine
regime: solid · semiconductor required · illumination required

Constitutive relation

J_sc = R · G

input Irradianceoutput Current densityspectral responsivity R [A/W]

Evidence · 3

  1. [1]
    A. E. Becquerel. Mémoire sur les effets électriques produits sous l'influence des rayons solaires (1839)
    Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 9, 561–567 · paper, no DOI · record
  2. [2]
    D. M. Chapin, C. S. Fuller, G. L. Pearson. A new silicon p-n junction photocell for converting solar radiation into electrical power (1954)
    Journal of Applied Physics 25, 676–677 · doi:10.1063/1.1721711 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    W. Shockley, H. J. Queisser. Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells (1961)
    Journal of Applied Physics 32, 510–519 · doi:10.1063/1.1736034 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Matrix cells this relation feeds

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.11 × C.18 · Incident radiation flux × Photovoltaic · Established
family: Photovoltaic

Uses of this claim

recorded pathways · 1

Cite this claim

Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:pv-drives: Incident radiation flux —drives→ Photovoltaic effect. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/pv-drives

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