How to Use solar cell in a Sentence

solar cell

noun

• The next step for the researchers is to make an actual solar cell.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2023
• Meanwhile, Bell Labs went on to invent the practical solar cell in the 1950s.
  — Nicholas Wyman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• That battery can be fully charged by the solar cells, but there’s USB-C charging too.
  — Jeremy White, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
• China is now the world’s largest producer of solar cells.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune Asia, 8 Apr. 2024
• This comes from small solar cells perched on a rod well above the four wings, to avoid interrupting airflow.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 26 June 2019
• This type of solar cell is made out of mono-crystalline silicon.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2019
• And until recently, that was enough to keep them head and shoulders above solar cells.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 May 2022
• The result is a flat design like a solar cell that can absorb more, and less direct, sunlight.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2020
• But this work was only meant as a proof of concept of exciton fission in a solar cell.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 11 July 2019
• To test the new solar cells, Yang’s team compared the yields of two dollhouse-sized greenhouses growing broccoli, mung beans, and wheat.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
• But the modern solar cell wasn't invented until the mid-1900s.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
• So a team at Riken began in 2020 to work on a mounted solar cell system that would allow the bugs to recharge their batteries.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
• While the first solar cells resemble today's cells in terms of look, there are a number of differences.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2019
• China produces 60% of the world’s solar cells and 71 percent of solar modules.
  — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2018
• Malaysia, for example, is the third-largest manufacturer of solar cells in the world.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
• For one, perovskite solar cells are flexible and easy to produce.
  — Time, 4 June 2018
• This is exactly the same process your average solar cell follows, but the gold layer is the true standout.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2020
• In a solar cell, photons from the sun knock electrons out of atoms, producing an electric current.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 19 Mar. 2021
• And solar cell phone chargers, of course, are crucial for those doing all the logistical work.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2021
• The way to get as close to the maximum output as possible is by changing the resistance of the solar cells, which changes the amount of power that’s extracted.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2023
• Even with its formidable 65-foot span of solar cells, Dawn went from zero to 60 in an unhurried four days.
  — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2019
• Japan’s space agency had hoped light might reach the spacecraft’s solar cells as the sun’s angle on the moon shifted, allowing the vehicle to reawaken.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
• Not real solar powered with a solar cell and a motor—that might be too obvious.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 12 June 2018
• One is now testing 32 different varieties of solar cell to see which best survives the rigors of space.
  — Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 6 June 2023
• The direction at which sunlight hits the moon changes every month, so the sunlight could later hit the solar cells and recharge the batteries, officials said.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
• Boeing is supplying the new roll-up panels, about half the size of the old ones but just as powerful thanks to the latest solar cell technology.
  — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2021
• Although the sail will not hold any solar cells, it is meant to test the kind of thin, flexible, and large deployments required for a future power station.
  — Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 6 June 2023
• The arrays slowly rotate like paddle wheels as the station flies through its orbit to maximize the amount of sunlight reaching the solar cells.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2019
• The solar cells on the roofs of their houses glinted in the morning sun, spilling their power into the ACs, using up the electricity that Burbank’s grid couldn’t handle.
  — Cory Doctorow, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2018
• The White House announced tariffs on washing machines and solar cells and modules in January.
  — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024