passivate

verb

pas·siv·ate ˈpa-si-ˌvāt

passivated; passivating

transitive verb

: to make inactive or less reactive

passivate the surface of steel by chemical treatment

: to protect (something, such as a solid-state device) against contamination by coating or surface treatment

passivation

ˌpa-si-ˈvā-shən

noun

Examples of passivate in a Sentence

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Engineers had mastered the technical steps of making silicon wafers, diffusing diode junctions, applying metal grids to the solar-cell surfaces, passivating the semiconductor surface to add an antireflective coating, and laminating modules. —