Metal Plate, Blue / Violet Light, Charged Particles: Instant electrical energy?

in science •  2 years ago 

"What happens if light is shined onto a metal plate? It depends on the light. Not on how bright it is, but on its color — or more appropriately stated, its wavelength. Yellow or red light does nothing. But shine a blue or violet light on the plate, and the plate actually acquires an electrical charge. (Hence the term photoelectric.)"
https://bigthink.com/13-8/quantum-nature-of-light/

"the Sun emits small particles, each carrying so small of a charge, that they move with great velocity"

"The sun, as well as other sources of radiant energy throw off minute particles of matter positively electrified, which, impinging upon the upper plate, communicate continuously an electrical charge"
https://www.nuenergy.org/nikola-tesla-radiant-energy-system/

"The solar wind is a plasma, a stream of charged particles (ions and electrons) which are continuously escaping from the Sun into the interplanetary medium."
https://www.aeronomie.be/en/encyclopedia/solar-wind-stream-charged-particles-escaping-sun

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