What are the 3 types of solar panels?

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What are the 3 types of solar panels?
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In this blog, you will learn about three types of
solar panels.

• Monocrystalline Solar Panels

• Monocyrstalline solar panels are efficient.
  Though they are more expensive types of silicon
  solar panels. Theyre suited for a wide range of
  uses, some examples are roofs and houses, DIY
  solar projects, and vehicles that have limited
  mounting space. They are most of the time, but
  portable and flexible the monocrystalline solar
  panels are also available.

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• Each cell in monocrystalline solar panel is a
  thin wafer of a single crystal of nearly pure
  silicon. This wafer is coated with boron and
  phosphorus. Thus, it has positively and
  negatively charged sides, typically called a PN
  junction.
• The wafers are painted with silver wires so that
  the electricity flows once sunlight knocks loose
  electrons from the silicon atoms.
• These panels are black in color so that they can
  uniformly absorb more sunlight and refract less.

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• Polycrystalline Solar Panels

• Polycrystalline solar panels are the best when
  you have a limited budget or have a lot of
  mounting space. These panels are less efficient
  than comparable monocrystalline solar panels.
  Therefore, their size has to be bigger to produce
  the same amount of power. They produce a lower
  price per watt. Like monocrystalline panels, they
  also have a wide range of uses, from
  residential solar installations to ground-mounted
  solar arrays.

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• The PV cells in these panels are called poly
  solar panels, and they are made of fragments of
  silicon that are melted together to form wafers
  made of several smaller crystals. The panels have
  a fragmented appearance.
• The cells scatter the light to produce a blue
  color. The anti-reflective coating adds to the
  blue shade.

• Thin-Film Solar Panels

• Thin-film solar panels are quite thin. Their
  thinness makes them useful for producing curved
  or irregular mounting surfaces. They are not very
  popularly used, though.

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• As the name suggests, thin-film panels are made
  from films of photovoltaic materials instead of
  crystals. They can be made of different elements.
  The common elements are amorphous silicon,
  cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium
  selenide, and gallium arsenide. They can be made
  of organic materials as well.
• Popular types of thin film solar panels
  are Cadmium telluride (CdTe), Amorphous
  silicon (a-Si), Copper indium gallium
  selenide (CIGS), and Organic photovoltaics (OPV). 
  It can be chosen based on individual need.

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• Also Read

• Quality Solar Panels The Best Type and Brands

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