PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT


Meaning of PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT in English

Physics.

the phenomenon in which the incidence of light or other electromagnetic radiation upon the junction of two dissimilar materials, as a metal and a semiconductor, induces the generation of an electromotive force.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .