voltaic

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This approach is called agrivoltaics — a portmanteau of agriculture and voltaic cells, which transform solar power to electrical power.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022

“I have just completed a curious voltaic pile which I think you would like to see,” he wrote.

From Scientific American • Oct. 29, 2017

A battery is a multiple connection of voltaic cells, as shown in Figure 21.18.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The photo voltaic panels would make my house, which is over 300 years old, carbon negative.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2009

Such are Pulvermacher's chains, the voltaic piles made with elements of metallic gauze, Cruickshank's battery, and many others that have been used.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.