08875 IUPAC Gold Book - solar cell 10.1351/goldbook.08875 08875 current 1 Device that directly transduces electromagnetic radiation into electricity based on the photovoltaic effect. photovoltaic effect https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08855 PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 48 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08875/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08875/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08875/plain Citation: 'solar cell' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08875 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-04-18T09:14:01+00:00