Solar cell
Device used to produce electricity from light
Solar cell
A solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell (PV cell), is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by using the photovoltaic effect. It is a type of photoelectric cell, a device whose electrical characteristics (such as current, voltage, or resistance) vary when it is exposed to light. Individual solar cell devices are often the electrical building blocks of photovoltaic modules, known colloquially as "solar panels". Almost all commercial PV cells consist of crystalline silicon, with a market share of 95%. Thin-film technologies account for a small share of the global photovoltaic module production. Cadmium telluride thin-film solar cells (CdTe) is the dominant thin-film technology by production volume, while other thin-film technologies include copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), and amorphous thin-film silicon. The common single-junction silicon solar cell can produce a maximum open-circuit voltage of approximately 0.5 to 0.6 volts. Photovoltaic...
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