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    This document discusses different methods of harvesting solar energy including solar thermal, passive solar, and photovoltaics. It provides details on solar cells, panels, and different types of solar cells including monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous silicon cells. Solar thermal can be 30% efficient but requires direct sun while photovoltaics directly generate electricity at 15% efficiency. Monocrystalline cells are most efficient at 15-18% but also most expensive, while polycrystalline cells are 12-16% efficient and cheaper, and amorphous cells have the lowest efficiency at 4-8% but are the cheapest.

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    This document discusses different methods of harvesting solar energy including solar thermal, passive solar, and photovoltaics. It provides details on solar cells, panels, and different types of solar cells including monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous silicon cells. Solar thermal can be 30% efficient but requires direct sun while photovoltaics directly generate electricity at 15% efficiency. Monocrystalline cells are most efficient at 15-18% but also most expensive, while polycrystalline cells are 12-16% efficient and cheaper, and amorphous cells have the lowest efficiency at 4-8% but are the cheapest.

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    This document discusses different methods of harvesting solar energy including solar thermal, passive solar, and photovoltaics. It provides details on solar cells, panels, and different types of solar cells including monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous silicon cells. Solar thermal can be 30% efficient but requires direct sun while photovoltaics directly generate electricity at 15% efficiency. Monocrystalline cells are most efficient at 15-18% but also most expensive, while polycrystalline cells are 12-16% efficient and cheaper, and amorphous cells have the lowest efficiency at 4-8% but are the cheapest.

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    Types of Solar Cell Panels

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    This document discusses different methods of harvesting solar energy including solar thermal, passive solar, and photovoltaics. It provides details on solar cells, panels, and different types of solar cells including monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous silicon cells. Solar thermal can be 30% efficient but requires direct sun while photovoltaics directly generate electricity at 15% efficiency. Monocrystalline cells are most efficient at 15-18% but also most expensive, while polycrystalline cells are 12-16% efficient and cheaper, and amorphous cells have the lowest efficiency at 4-8% but are the cheapest.

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    Solar Photovoltaic / Solar Cells

    Methods of Harvesting Sunlight

    • Solar Thermal: ~30%


    efficient;
    • cost-competitive;
    requires direct sun;
    • heats fluid in pipes
    that then boils water
    to drive steam
    turbine

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    • Passive: cheap, efficient design;

    • block summer rays; allow winter

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    Solar hot water: up to 50%
    efficient; several $k to
    install; usually keep
    conventional backup; freeze
    protection vital (even in
    S.D.!!)

    Photovoltaic (PV): direct electricity; 15% efficient;


    $5 per Watt to install without rebates/incentives;
    small fraction of roof covers demand of typ. home

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    What is a solar cell?
    • A structure that converts solar energy directly to
    DC electric energy.
    • – It supplies a voltage and a current to a resistive
    load (light, battery, motor).
    • It is like a battery because it supplies DC power.
    • It is different from a battery in the sense that the
    voltage supplied by the cell changes with changes
    in the resistance of the load.

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    A solar panel (or) Solar array
    Single solar cell
    • The single solar cell constitute the n-type layer
    sandwiched with p-type layer.
    • The most commonly known solar cell is configured as
    a large-area p-n junction made from silicon wafer.
    • A single cell can produce only very tiny amounts of
    electricity
    • It can be used only to light up a small light bulb or
    power a calculator.
    • Single photovoltaic cells are used in many small
    electronic appliances such as watches and calculators.
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    Solar panel (or) solar array (or) Solar
    module
    • The solar panel (or) solar array is the
    interconnection of number of solar module to get
    efficient power.
    • A solar module consists of number of interconnected
    solar cells.
    • These interconnected cells embedded between two
    glass plate to protect from the bad whether.
    • Since absorption area of module is high, more energy
    can be produced.

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    Provide a circuit for the electron flow
    • Without a path for the electrons to flow out,
    charge would build up and end up canceling
    electric field
    – must provide a way out
    – direct through external load current flow

    external load

    – PV cell acts like a battery

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    Types of Solar cell
    • Based on the types of crystal used, soar cells
    can be classified as,
    1. Monocrystalline silicon cells
    2. Polycrystalline silicon cells
    3. Amorphous silicon cells

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    1. Monocrystalline silicon cells
    • The Monocrystalline silicon cell is
    produced from pure silicon (single
    crystal). Since the Monocrystalline
    silicon is pure and defect free, the
    efficiency of cell will be higher.
    • 15–18% efficient, typically
    • Expensive to make (grown as big crystal)

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    2. Polycrystalline silicon cells

    In polycrystalline solar cell, liquid silicon is


    used as raw material and polycrystalline
    silicon was obtained followed by
    solidification process. The materials contain
    various crystalline sizes. Hence, the
    efficiency of this type of cell is less than
    Monocrystalline cell.
    • 12–16% efficient, slowly improving
    • cheaper to make (cast in ingots)

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    3. Amorphous silicon (non-crystalline)
    • Is obtained by depositing silicon film on the
    substrate like glass plate.
    • The layer thickness less than 1μm – the thickness
    of a human hair for comparison is 50-100 μm.
    • The efficiency is much lower (4-8% efficient).
    efficient
    • Mainly used in low power equipment, such as
    watches and pocket calculators.
    • cheapest per Watt
    • called “thin film”, easily deposited on a wide
    range of surface types
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    Comparison of Types of solar cell

    Material Efficiency (%)

    Monocrystalline silicon 14-17

    Polycrystalline silicon 13-15

    Amorphous silicon 5-7

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    Some Datasheet

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