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solar cell
Any material that converts sunlight directly into electricity.

This property of materials is known as the photoelectric effect, first described in 1905 by albert Einstein in his Nobel prize-winning research.

Here on earth, silicon solar cells have brought abundant clean water, electricity, and telephone services to many in remote regions who had hitherto done without.

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dye-sensitized solar cell, dye solar cell
An advanced type of photovoltaic cell that uses a dye-impregnated layer of titanium dioxicde to generate a voltage, rather than the semiconducting materials used in most solar cells.
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