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MESSAGES LOG IN EXPLORE HELP US EDIT Home » Categories » Home and Garden » Home Improvements and Repairs » Heating Cooling and Energy Efficiency » Efficient Energy Use Article Edit Discuss Edit Article wiki How to Make Solar Cells Three Parts: Coating the Glass Plates Assembling the Solar Cell Activating and Testing the Solar Cell Community Q&A Solar cells convert the sun's energy into electricity, similar to the way plants convert the sun's energy into food through photosynthesis. Solar cells work by using the sun's energy to enable electrons in semiconducting materials to move from orbits close to the nuclei of their atoms to higher orbits where they can conduct electricity. Commercial solar cells use silicon as the semiconductor, but here is a way to make a solar cell wi...