Silicon - The Most Popular Material for Solar Cells.
The basic component of a solar cell is pure silicon, which has been used as
an electrical component for decades as the silicon solar cell technology
gained ground already in the 1950s.
Pure crystalline silicon is a poor conductor of electricity as it is a semiconductor material at its core. To address this issue, the silicon in a solar cell has impurities-meaning that other atoms are purposefully mixed in with the silicon atoms in order to improve silicon’s ability to capture the sun’s energy and convert it into electricity.
Solar cells made out of silicon currently provide a combination of high efficiency, low cost, and long lifetime. Modules are expected to last for 25 years or more, still producing more than 80% of their original power after this time.
There are mainly three types of Silicon solar cells:
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