photovoltaic cell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of photovoltaic cell
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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The micrometric photovoltaic cell manufacturing process involved a partnership between the University of Ottawa, the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec and the Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique in Grenoble, France.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
Canadian Solar said it will build the new photovoltaic cell factory at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, an Ohio River city located just north of Louisville, Kentucky.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
He cites research centres such as the privately owned Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey — birthplace of pivotal innovations such as the transistor, the laser and the photovoltaic cell.
From Nature ● Aug. 30, 2016
One company is building an advanced photovoltaic cell that could, by 2020, reduce the cost of installed solar energy by 50 percent from its 2009 level.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2016
Richard Swanson, the founder of solar panel manufacturer SunPower, has argued that the cost of a photovoltaic cell drops by 20 percent every time global manufacturing capacity for such cells doubles.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2014
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