Organic Photovoltaic Solar Systems
17 June 2009 | Solar Power | 2 Comments
Plastic solar cellsare first likely to be commercialised for low-power, consumer applications, which currently take up about 10% of the market. In this they will compete with amorphous silicon(a-Si), and to a lesser extent with energing thin film technologies. Plastic solar cells may offer advantages over a-Si, in lower production cost, in case of deposition onto flexible substrates or as conformal coatings on to building materials, or in colour, and these may open up new areas in the consumer photovoltaics market.
How Solar Cells Work?
8 April 2009 | Solar Power | No Comments
No matter what type of manufacturing process is used to make the different types of photovoltaics, when sunlight hits the solar material, the electrons are released.The electrons then flow onto the wires forming direct current(DC), the same kind of current that flows from a regular battery.A four-inch silicon cell can produce about one watt of DC electricity. (more…)