Solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical and chemical phenomenon.
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18 Facts About Solar cell
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Individual solar cell devices are often the electrical building blocks of photovoltaic modules, known colloquially as solar panels.
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The common single junction silicon solar cell can produce a maximum open-circuit voltage of approximately 0.
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The illuminated side of a solar cell generally has a transparent conducting film for allowing light to enter into the active material and to collect the generated charge carriers.
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Power conversion efficiency of a solar cell is a parameter which is defined by the fraction of incident power converted into electricity.
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Solar cell has a voltage dependent efficiency curve, temperature coefficients, and allowable shadow angles.
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Solar cell moved the front contacts to the rear of the panel, eliminating shaded areas.
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An amorphous silicon solar cell is made of non-crystalline or microcrystalline silicon.
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Multi-junction cells consist of multiple thin films, each essentially a solar cell grown on top of another, typically using metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy.
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Intermediate band photovoltaics in solar cell research provides methods for exceeding the Shockley–Queisser limit on the efficiency of a cell.
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The upconverter material could be placed below the solar cell to absorb the infrared light that passes through the silicon.
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The excited ion emits light above the Si bandgap that is absorbed by the solar cell and creates an additional electron–hole pair that can generate current.
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The dye-sensitized solar cell depends on this mesoporous layer of nanoparticulate titanium dioxide to greatly amplify the surface area which allows for a greater number of dyes per solar cell area .
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Current Solar cell efficiencies are very low, and practical devices are essentially non-existent.
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The other parts of the Solar cell remain reflective increasing the retention of the absorbed light within the Solar cell.
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Thin-film solar cell is a cost-effective second generation solar cell with much reduced thickness at the expense of light absorption efficiency.
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Solar cell panels have a sheet of tempered glass on the front, and a polymer encapsulation on the back.
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