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A battery cell symbol with two arrows pointing at it.
Also known as: Photovoltaic cell, PV cell, Solar cell, Battery with arrows
A solar cell is drawn as a cell with incident-light arrows, following the same convention as every other light-sensitive component. Its output is a current source rather than a voltage source in behaviour: shading it drops the current, not the voltage.
Denotes a photovoltaic cell: a device converting incident light into electrical energy.
Contexts: Electrical equipment
Uses the inward-arrow convention for incident light, shared with the photodiode and phototransistor.
Contexts: Electrical equipment
Behaves as a current source over most of its operating range, so partial shading reduces current sharply while the voltage barely moves.
Contexts: Electrical equipment
A pair of parallel strokes of unequal length, one long and one short, with two short arrows pointing towards them.