So you are probably wondering how a panel could make electricity by facing the sun? Well here you go. I know you are probably expecting a in depth explanation about how atoms collide to and switch electrons and travel through conductive materials, yes that is the basic concept but it is a lot more complicated but i’ll break it down. Basically photons hit atoms and it knocks electrons free from the atom and it starts a chain reaction and then it will go all the way to somewhere nearby usually then it will either be used stored in a battery. So that is basically how a solar panel works.