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No, way too little sun out here. The sun is just a dot far away. The Voyagers both use RTGs, radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Decaying plutonium, essentially. That's for the electrically powered systems. The thrusters use liquid hydrazine, which is common for those kind of thrusters.

Edit: There's more about that in the NASA link in a sibling comment.



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