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photovoltaic effect

pho·to·vol·ta·ic ef·fect


noun 
Definition:
 
light-induced production of voltage: the production of a potential difference across the junction of unlike materials or in a nonhomogeneous semiconductor material by the absorption of visible light or other electromagnetic radiation

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