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semiconductor
A material that becomes electrically conductive when supplied with light or heat but that operates as an insulator at low temperatures. Certain semiconductors, including silicon, gallium arsenide, copper indium diselenide, and cadmium telluride, are uniquely suited to the photovoltaic conversion process that takes place in solar cells.
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