The statistics for 2021, show solar technology as the 3rd largest renewable energy resource. It succeeds after the hydropower and wind energy. Though solar technology holds a prestigious history of inventions, discoveries and experiments. Still, new highways are getting launched in the same direction by groups of physicists. Solar energy is simply a powerful alternative to the fossil fuel energy form. It is clean, eco-friendly, green and totally renewable.
If we go on numbers, the sunlight that Earth receives is 10,000 more than the total energy used by the world. So there’s no question of solar energy lacking at least anyway soon. Using this ultimate benefit as an opportunity, the inventors of the photovoltaic solar system are now experimenting on a couple of new things written as follows –
Crystalline silicon
Slim Film
Solar panel material efficiency
Solar panel material efficiency
If we take the example of thin films, then there are four types of materials that are used in their making –
Cadmium-telluride (CdTe)
Amorphous silicon
Copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS), and
Gallium-arsenide (GaAs)
Out of these, the CIGS solar cells turns out to be the best promising efficiency with up to 21%. So, by the time the solar companies can serve with high defined CIGS modules of solar panels in order to make your solar investment more worthy. It has already started with space, aerospace and the government sectors using the technology under their solar energy requirements.
Solar panel material efficiency
If we take the example of thin films, then there are four types of materials that are used in their making –
Cadmium-telluride (CdTe)
Amorphous silicon
Copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS), and
Gallium-arsenide (GaAs)
Out of these, the CIGS solar cells turns out to be the best promising efficiency with up to 21%. So, by the time the solar companies can serve with high defined CIGS modules of solar panels in order to make your solar investment more worthy. It has already started with space, aerospace and the government sectors using the technology under their solar energy requirements.
Perovskite solar cells
One other beautiful and in-budget variation of the thin design solar films are Perovskite solar cells. Key features of these high-performance thin films include –
Exclusively thinner design
Easy low-temperature processing
Ultralight absorption capabilities
Good performance even in low/diffused light
Lightweight, flexible & semi transparent
Easier to install and maintain
Available at an attractive cheaper rate
One notable thing about these types of solar panels is, that they are PRINTABLE as well. The recent roll-to-roll printed Perovskite solar cells reached an efficiency of ~12.2%.
New technologies are also involving the experimenting of new, creative methods to harvest maximum solar energy. And the interesting thing about this is, some of them involve those same old age techniques by which the power of solar energy was determined first. A Swiss startup is using integrated lenses in the solar panel’s glass. This will be boosting the concentration of the solar rays up to 200 times, making the solar panels efficiency reach up to 30% or more.
Even the present scenario of the solar industry is sunlight with lots of inventions. There are many more discoveries to come and the solar companies are very well aware of the changing solar environment and possible technical updates and advancements. Have a Question, CONTACT US
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