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Episode 59: Photovoltaic Materials

Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast

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Solar Photovoltaics

The first terrestrial solar panels were installed in businesses and eventually in homes more towards the 80s. Jimmy Carter actually installed, so not solar photovoltaics, but solar water heating panels all in the white house at that time. "I think one of the biggest things that changed was attitudes and interest," he says.

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