photoactive

British

/ ˌfəʊtəʊˈæktɪv /

adjective

(of a substance) capable of responding to light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Organic solar cells are devices whose photoactive layer, which is responsible for the conversion of light into electricity, is composed of organic materials.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

The scientists combined the two photoactive polymorphs of cesium lead iodide to form a phase-heterojunction -- which can suppress the transformation to the undesirable phase, the scientists said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023

Although not a complex, self-darkening sunglasses are an example of a photoactive substance.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

These interfaces include large surface area junctions between photoelectron donors and acceptors, the intralayer grain boundaries within the absorber, and the interfaces between photoactive layers and the top and bottom contacts.

From Nature • Aug. 15, 2012

The thin in thin film refers to the skinny layers of photoactive chemicals needed for the technology, as compared with the thicker films used in crystalline-silicon solar modules.

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