Labels:text | screenshot OCR: SOLAR CELL SOLAR CELL turns light into electricity. \ Satellites have large banks of cells to provide power while they are in orbit. Small devices like calculators need only one or two cells. Like many electronic devices, solar cells depend on semiconductors. A solar cell contains layers of two different kinds of semiconductor. These produce electricity when light hits the junction between the layers. SATELLITE How A Solar SINGLE Cell Works CELL SOLAR PANEL N-TYPE POSITIVE TERMINAL LAYER SEE NEGATIVE TERMINAL ALSO P-TYPE LAYER CONTACT