Open AccessSolar photovoltaic technology: A review of different types of solar cells and its future trends
Author(s) -
Mugdha V. Dambhare,
Bhavana Butey,
S. V. Moharil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1913/1/012053
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , solar energy , solar cell , sunlight , amorphous silicon , quantum dot solar cell , materials science , hybrid solar cell , engineering physics , photovoltaics , optoelectronics , environmental science , polymer solar cell , crystalline silicon , optics , engineering , physics , electrical engineering
The Sun is source of abundant energy. We are getting large amount of energy from the Sun out of which only a small portion is utilized. Sunlight reaching to Earth’s surface has potential to fulfill all our ever increasing energy demands. Solar Photovoltaic technology deals with conversion of incident sunlight energy into electrical energy. Solar cells fabricated from Silicon aie the first generation solar cells. It was studied that more improvement is needed for large absorption of incident sunlight and increase in efficiency of solar cells. Thin film technology and amorphous Silicon solar cells were further developed to meet these conditions. In this review, we have studied a progressive advancement in Solar cell technology from first generation solar cells to Dye sensitized solar cells, Quantum dot solar cells and some recent technologies. This article also discuss about future trends of these different generation solar cell technologies and their scope to establish Solar cell technology.