Eli5, How the hell do solar panels work?

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And no don’t say “cells generate electricity” Yes I know that, but what chemical or whatever process makes it that sunlight is converted to electricity?

I have been wondering this all my life an no matter how much research I do I can’t seem to find the answer, every place just says that some cells inside the panels is what generates electricity, but not how those cells do it

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The light kicks out electrons from their stable position. Those electrons can then circulate in a circuit to go back to a hole made by another electron kicked out from its stable position.

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