solar cell

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And he saw this as a chance to bring in researchers—Shockley, Gerald Pearson, John Pierce and others—who later worked on the transistor, the solar cell and the first communications satellite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

But as local competition grew in China, Jetter decided to license some of his company's technology for solar cell processing to a local Chinese company, rather than selling directly to Chinese-owned firms.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Putting data centers into Earth orbit powered by a large solar cell array would give the chips 24-hour access to the sun’s energy if the satellite is in what is called sun-synchronous orbit.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

First, Meng and Li synthesized a novel red/infrared absorbing organic solar cell that extends its absorption even further into the infrared.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

The prospect of scrubbing a mission because a solar cell got dirty was unacceptable.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir