Monocrystalline Solar Cell

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General Description

Monocrystalline Solar Cells are the most efficient commercially available single layer photovoltaic device yet developed. They consist of a single crystal of very pure silicon that is sliced into thin sheets. Monocrystalline panels are very efficient, but suffer from several drawbacks in that they perform poorly when heated or when the angle of solar incidence is high. Due to the difficulty of growing single silicon crystals, they are also very expensive.

Properties of Monocrystalline Solar Cell Units

The panel type of Monocrystalline Solar Cell Units is Monocrystalline.

0.9

0.14

'3%/yr'

'0.5 %/yr'

'12.5 AUD 2010/watt'

'4%/yr'

'0.02 AUD 2010/watt'

'20 years'

'0.053 kg/kWh'

For the purposes of the MEFL study, the following zone energy output for the MEFL monocrsytalline solar cell, where the zone is based on levels of insolation and factored for the efficiency of the panel, is (1,2,3,4)(EnergyOutput)(1.622,1.536,1.382,1.185) ^[4].

References

1. ↑ Solar array trades between very high-efficiency multi-junction and Si space solar cells
2. ↑ The Solar Panels Book Website
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Matthew Sullivan
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Solar Model 2008
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} SolarBuzz
6. ↑ Solar Cell Supply Chain

'12.5 AUD 2010/watt'

'4%/yr'

'0.5 %/yr'

'3%/yr'

'0.053 kg/kWh'

'0.02 AUD 2010/watt'

0.9

0.14

'20 years'