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Examples of solar cell in a Sentence
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For instance, President Joe Biden last month instituted a new tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, semiconductors, batteries, solar cells, steel and aluminum.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 June 2024
The paper's authors describing the new recycling technique note that, at the end of 2020, 18 percent of the solar cells in use had been manufactured that same year, and the pace of manufacturing has accelerated dramatically since.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
By Anna Gordon May 14, 2024 7:21 AM EDT
The Biden Administration has announced new tariffs on Tuesday for Chinese made electric vehicles, quadrupling the current tariff from 27.5% to 102.5%, as well as new tariffs on solar cells, steel, and aluminum.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 14 May 2024
Not even the continuation of Section 301 tariffs—or President Joe Biden’s implementation of new duties on solar cells, semiconductors and electric vehicles—is deterring the country from targeting U.S. consumers, AAM wrote.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1955, in the meaning defined above
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“Solar cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20cell. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
solar cell
noun
: a photoelectric cell that converts sunlight into electrical energy and is used as a power source
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