Recent Examples on the WebDuring the day, electricity from the local grid, some produced by nearby fields of solar cells, is used to compress the carbon dioxide into liquid.—Amos Zeeberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024 Regardless of the tip over, the sun will drop below the horizon at the landing site in a little more than one week, ending power generation by the lander's solar cells.—William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024 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 This flexible material functions as an insulator, integrating a solar cell outside the polyvinyl with an electrocaloric device underneath.—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024 The most common solar cells use silicon to convert light to electricity.—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 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 When exposed to sunlight, the solar cell did exactly what it was expected to by turning sunlight into electrical energy.—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024 Sunlight contains many wavelengths that silicon solar cells cannot use efficiently.—Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023
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