solar cell

noun

: a photovoltaic cell used as a power source

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Interestingly, the Bluetooth remote sports a solar cell on its back to top up the internal battery (or there's a USB-C port for quick charges). New Atlas, 28 Apr. 2025 Biden also hikes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment in May 2024. TIME, 8 Mar. 2025 Yet the company failed in part because the United States had no plan to address the fallout when China flooded the market with cheap, subsidized solar cells. Steve Bowsher, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025 This includes innovations such as perovskite solar cells, deepwater wind turbines, nuclear small modular reactors and molten salt reactors. Dale Fickett, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for solar cell

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First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of solar cell was in 1955

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“Solar cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20cell. Accessed 8 May. 2025.

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solar cell

noun
: a photoelectric cell that converts sunlight into electrical energy and is used as a power source

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