I have measured AEMLION battery charge current using three different solar panels in indoor light (500 lux), outdoors in the shadow, and in full sun (~500W/m^2).

Solar panel | indoor 500 lux | outdoor shadow | outdoor full sun 500W/m^2 |
1V/100mA 30x25mm | 50uA | 700uA | 5mA |
2V/100mA 79x28mm | 100uA | 1.8mA | 10mA |
4V/100mA 70x70mm | 280uA | 4.8mA | 20mA |
Indoors (~500 lux) and with the smallest solar cell the battery is charged at 50uA for 10 hours. Then the application must have an average current of (50uA*10hrs/24hrs) 20uA or less. That's enough for a simple Bluetooth Low Energy beacon or a very simple LoRa application. If that is not enough you need to select a larger solar panel.
Outdoors in shadow current is 10-20 times larger. And in sun 100 times larger.
As you can see the AEM10941 can charge a battery from indoor light but indoor light is really only suitable for very low power applications.
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