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What materials show the photovoltaic effect?

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What materials show the photovoltaic effect?

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In general the photovoltaic effect is demonstrated by semiconductors. The first solar cells were made with selenium and gold. Nowadays a wide variety of semiconductor materials are used, as well as a few exotics which may never escape the lab.

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Notice also that sometimes more than one semiconductor is used in a single device.

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