Review on Different Types of Solar Cells and Their Performance Mechanism

Kazemifard, Sholeh; Naji, Leila; Afshar Taromi, Faramarz; Fakharan, Zahra

Review on Different Types of Solar Cells and Their Performance Mechanism

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

¹ Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran P.O.B. 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran.

³ Department of Polymer Engineering & Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran. Iran

Abstract

Today, energy crisis is one of the most important problems in the world and to overcome, different countries apply various solutions. Non-renewable resources of energy such as fossil fuels are going to end rapidly. Applying of non-renewable resources causes to environmental pollution and sequent global warming. Therefore tendency to apply renewable energy resources such as wind, solar energy, geothermal, etc. is increased around the world and government interested to invest on these types of energy. This review paper introduces briefly about all types of energy and especially on solar energy as the most important renewable resources. In this paper, solar cells as photovoltaic devices that convert solar energy to electricity are introduced, also different types of solar cells, advantages and disadvantages of each group, performance mechanism and finally some progress in solar cell technologies, is considered.

Keywords

20.1001.1.24234931.1394.2.2.8.2

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