Amorphous Solar Cell

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[edit] General Description

This is a general instance of the Amorphous Solar Cell. It is a instance of both Solar Cell Unit and Topic. The semantic meaning of this relationship is it described a range of same type solar cell units other then a specific physical existence of the panel.

[edit] Properties of Amorphous Solar Cell Units

The panel type of Amorphous Solar Cell Units is Amorphous.

The packing factor of Amorphous Solar Cell Units is 0.9[1].

The solar cell efficiency of Amorphous Solar Cell Units is 0.06[2].

The efficiency improvement rate of Amorphous Solar Cell Units is 0.05.

The solar panel degradation rate of the solar cell is 0.005 per year [3].

The cost per installed Watt is $10/W for the Sydney metropolitan area [4].

The cost decrease rate is 0.04 per year [5].

The operation cost per Watt is $0.03 per year [4].

The replacement period for amorphous solar cells is approximately 20 years [6].

The embedded pollution is 0.030kg/kWh [4].

[edit] References

  1. Solar array trades between very high-efficiency multi-junction and Si space solar cells
  2. The Solar Panels Book Website
  3. Solar Model 2008
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matthew Sullivan
  5. SolarBuzz
  6. Solar Cell Supply Chain