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    Vinaytakbhanu suggested Develop hybrid solar panels in Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Panels 9 months ago

    R&D to identify element that emits electron at even lowest sun radiation and designing a hybrid model that can also convert heat to electricity. One can experiment on integrating all the available technologies. According bringing in thin films and crystalline technology together to make panels could possibly bring down the environmental effects on the panels. However, I believe it would not be possible to achieve 40% percent in the real time situation but there would be consistency in the efficiency through out the panels lifespan.

    To achieve 40% efficiency in real time as well it is essential to experiment the panels performance in all possible conditions. I would like to believe that a hybrid of amorphous silicon and crystalline silicon could perform better in all the condition with consistency in its efficiency with minor deviations in value. However, I can not comment further on this since there is no one experimenting in this dimension. And can only hope if someone indeed comes up with outside the box idea instead of trying to follow the paths of their ancestors in Solar Energy...!!!

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      Kyzyl 9 months ago

      @narsi- I can't say something about commercially attractiveness of Si-Si connection, but the mechanism is the next. Amorphous silicon always contains hydrogen in quantity from 5 to 20 at%, which blocks the torn off communications of silicon, therefore it is the hydrogenated form of silicon. The hydrogenated amorphous silicon (aSi:H) is the forward-flow semiconductor with width of the forbidden zone 1.7 eV and high factor of optical absorption (α> 105 cm-1 for photons with energy 1.7 eV). It means that the film in few micron in the thickness will absorb the most part of sunlight. The disadvantage of this material is the degradation of physical properties under the influence of sunlight – the Staebler-Wronski effect. To raise stability of properties of photo cells, as the semiconductor, use crystalline silicon as addition. The diphasic material contains inclusions of micro or nano crystals of silicon in silicon amorphous matrix.

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