Monocrystalline Solar Cell - MEFL
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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.
This page represents the assumptions about performance used by the Morland Energy Foundation.
Properties of Monocrystalline Solar Cell Units
The panel type of Monocrystalline Solar Cell Units is Monocrystalline.
The cost per installed Watt is $14 AUD 2010/wattinfo.png'14 AUD 2010/watt'
'0.5%/yr'
'25 years'
For the purposes of the 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).
References
| CapitalCost | 14 AUD 2010/wattinfo.png'14 AUD 2010/watt'+ |
| Cite | Solar Model 2008 +, and Matthew Sullivan + |
| DegradationRate | 0.5%/yrinfo.png'0.5%/yr'+ |
| Organization | Morland Energy Foundation + |
| PanelType | Monocrystalline + |
| ReplacementPeriod | 25 yearsinfo.png'25 years'+ |
| ZoneEnergyOutput | (1,2,3,4)(EnergyOutput)(1.622,1.536,1.382,1.185) + |

