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Subject: "Solar cells"
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Date: Wed, 7-Sep-83 00:56:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  7 00:56:00 1983
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From:  Keith F. Lynch <KFL @ MIT-MC>

      Date: 30 Aug 83 09:58:47 EDT (Tuesday)
        From: Chris Heiny <Heiny.henr@Parc-Maxc.ARPA>
 
        "light-to-electric transducer"?  Why not 'Photon powered current
        generator', or 'device which generates electricity from incident light'?
 
  At SAI (which uses them extensively) we always call them photovoltaic
cells or just PV cells or PV panels.
                                                                ...Keith