Types of solar panels

Solar panels are getting trendy these days around. We will be discussing the types of solar panels commercially available for use in the market or available online. Types of solar panels can be segregated on various aspects but here we will consider types of solar panels used in the residential or industrial level. 

Types of Solar Panels:-

1. Polycrystalline solar panels - These are widely manufactured & used solar panels. 'Poly' means multiple & so is the cells of this type of solar panels. A solar cell is the main component of a solar panel, quality of solar cells determines the actual efficiency of a solar panel. A major identification of a polycrystalline solar panel is the colour & texture of its solar cells. This type of solar panels have blue solar cells with a mixed appearance, several silicon ingots are mixed & sliced into solar cells so they get this kind of appearance. Due to the mixed nature of these cells their efficiencies limits to 16-17%. Everyone goes for this because of its cheap nature & easy availability. But the sad truth is that they comparatively occupy too much of space.

2. Monocrystalline solar panels - These panels consists of pure kind of silicon cells. These are in one piece, this increases their quality & flow of current. We can easily differentiate them with the texture, these are black colour cells & have a smooth appearance. In comparison with polycrystalline these panels costs higher & this can be balanced with their increased efficiency. These panels can have efficiency from 17-19% this can be argued that how this little effect can be cost-effective. But it is actually very effective in the terms of generation.

3. Mono-PERC solar panels - These solar panels are exactly similar to the monocrystalline solar panels in appearance, they actually differ in their technical aspects. Here, "PERC" stands for 'Passive-Emissive Reflective Coating' this coating makes it different from normal monocrystalline solar panels. When sunlight strikes the surface of solar panel, 3 types of phenomenon occurs, light either get reflected, refracted or absorbed. To stop the light from reflecting out of solar panels this coating is applied over the cells. These solar panels can achieve an efficiency of 21%. These are the latest technology of solar panels currently available in the market.

4. Half-cut cell solar panels - These are high-efficiency solar panels developed to tackle the problem of shadow over them. In regular solar panels, one full array of cells stop generation, if one cell is covered with shadow. This is a solution kind of solar panel design & most effective also. Since the number of busbars included in this type is more, so is the generation.

5. Thin-film Solar Panels -


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