How Crystalline Solar Panels Are Made

Crystalline silicon solar cells are made of either poly si left or mono si right crystalline silicon c si is the crystalline forms of silicon either polycrystalline silicon poly si consisting of small crystals or monocrystalline silicon mono si a continuous crystal.

How crystalline solar panels are made.

Crystalline silicon solar cells derive their name from the way they are made. The difference between monocrystalline and polycrystalline solar panels is that monocrystalline cells are cut into thin wafers from a singular continuous crystal that has been grown for this purpose. Many silicon crystal are melted together to form the wafers of polycrystalline solar paneel. Crystalline silicon is the dominant semiconducting material used in photovoltaic technology for the production of solar cells.

Mono silicon has higher efficiency in converting solar energy into electricity therefore the price of monocrystalline panels is higher. Mono crystalline cells are manufactured from a single crystal of silicon. The silicon ingots used to form these panel are low in purity. These are made out of the element silicon a hard and brittle crystalline solid that is the second most abundant element in the earth s crust after.

Polycrystalline solar panels are blue in color. Polycrystalline solar panel are also called multi crystalline or many crystal silicon panels. These series of cells are connected together usually by busbars. Crystalline panels are more commonly grouped in 60 cell and 72 cell panels.

Polysilicone cells are made from melting several silicon crystals together.