Open AccessPHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS / FOTOVOLTINIAI ELEMENTAI
Author(s) -
Karolis Kiela
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
mokslas - lietuvos ateitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-2341
pISSN - 2029-2252
DOI - 10.3846/mla.2012.13
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , physics , materials science , optoelectronics , electrical engineering , engineering
The article deals with an overview of photovoltaic cells that are currently manufactured and those being developed, including one or several p-n junction, organic and dye-sensitized cells using quantum dots. The paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of various photovoltaic cells, identifies the main parameters, explains the main reasons for the losses that may occur in photovoltaic cells and looks at the ways to minimize them.
Article in Lithuanian