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Mohan Kumar Anand Raj, Rajasekar Rathanasamy* and Moganapriya Chinnasamy

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Nowadays, it is necessary to switch over from traditional fossil fuel power generation to alternative source power generation due to environmental degradation. Solar cell is a device which is used to convert sunlight into electrical energy directly through photovoltaic process. This chapter comprises classification of photovoltaic cells, and manufacturers of first second- and third-generation PV solar cells are listed. Additionally, a brief description of solar cells is given with schematic diagram as follows: single-crystalline PV cells, amorphous silicon PV cell, cadmium telluride PV cell, and copper indium gallium diselenide PV cells.

Keywords: Single-crystalline PV cells, amorphous silicon PV cell, cadmium telluride PV cell, dye sensitized PV cell, perovskite PV solar cells, polymer photovoltaic cell