Different PV technologies and their state of art
Mandal, Shriya (2022)
2022
Master's Programme in Electrical Engineering
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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2022-04-13
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202204042992
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202204042992
Tiivistelmä
Due to the rising demands of energy and decarbonization of the energy sector, use of renewable energy is on the rise. In fact, renewable energy is the future because use of conventional sources of energy does not assure clean environment and we do not have unlimited supply of coal, gas, or petroleum. Among the other renewable sources of energy, solar energy is quite popular and has been proven to be reliable in most of the countries.
Photovoltaics (PV) technology has been the most popular technology used to convert solar radiations into usable form of energy. In my thesis, we get a brief overview of the operating principle behind solar PV technology and its history of evolution. The main characterestics involved when the development of PV technologies need to be considered have been discussed. The different PV technologies that exist today have been explained in brief. Different PV technologies have different efficiency rates, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The state of the art of the commercially maure PV technologies will be discussed elaborately. In the end, the challenges of PV technologies have been discussed.
Photovoltaics (PV) technology has been the most popular technology used to convert solar radiations into usable form of energy. In my thesis, we get a brief overview of the operating principle behind solar PV technology and its history of evolution. The main characterestics involved when the development of PV technologies need to be considered have been discussed. The different PV technologies that exist today have been explained in brief. Different PV technologies have different efficiency rates, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The state of the art of the commercially maure PV technologies will be discussed elaborately. In the end, the challenges of PV technologies have been discussed.