Posted by admin | Posted in Green | Posted on 23-07-2011
Tags: Monocrystal Solar
what are the best type of solar crystals?
I know there are a few different types Monocrystal, Poly-Crystallin​e……. What Is the best type for putting out energy, strongest, and most expensive?
Monocrystalline solar panels are made from a large crystal of silicon. These type of solar panels are the most efficient as in absorbing sunlight and converting it into electricity, however they are also the most expensive. They do somewhat better in lower light conditions then the other types of solar panels. –>
Summary: Most efficient, but also most expensive.
Polycrystalline solar panels are the most common type of solar panels on the market today. They look a lot like shattered glass. They are slightly less efficient then the monocrystalline solar panels and less expensive to produce. Instead of one large crystal, this type of solar panel consists of multiple amounts of smaller silicon crystals. –>
Summary: Less efficient, but cheaper.
Amorphous solar panels consist of a thin-like film made from molten silicon that is spread directly across large plates of stainless steel or similar material. These types of solar panels have lower efficiency then the other two types of solar panels, and the cheapest to produce. One advantage of amorphous solar panels over the other two is that they are shadow protected. That means that the solar panel continues to charge while part of the solar panel cells are in a shadow. These work great on boats and other types of transportation. –>
Summary: Even less efficient, but even cheaper, and good because they don’t require direct sunlight.
Solar Panel efficiency is the percentage of solar energy that is captured and converted into electricity. Some average efficiency numbers would look like…
Monocrystalline- 18%
Polycrystalline- 15%
Amorphous (thin-film)- 10%
Thin film solar panels (amorphous) will generally degrade approximately 1% each year, where as crystalline panels degrade at approximately 0.5% .
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