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Global Scenario of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Materials

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Advanced Computational and Communication Paradigms

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The sun is the most abundant source of renewable energy available on the earth. It provides enough energy in an hour to be used by the world for a whole year. Photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the finest ways to capitalize the solar energy. Efficiency and overall cost of the modules is the primary concern for the manufacturers as well as costumers. The cost and efficiency mostly depend on the type of the PV material used. This paper reviews various worldwide state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic (SPV) material technologies. It will provide a clear picture of the current scenario of the developed and under developing PV material technologies to the panel manufacturers and industrialists. A brief description of light-absorbing materials used, their efficiencies, and structure of the solar cells based on these materials is provided. More emphasis is given on the manufacturing procedure of each type of conventionally used solar cell.

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  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Rangpo, Sikkim, India

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  4. Department of Computer and System Sciences, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

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Gupta, S., Sharma, A. (2018). Global Scenario of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Materials. In: Bhattacharyya, S., Gandhi, T., Sharma, K., Dutta, P. (eds) Advanced Computational and Communication Paradigms. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 475. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8240-5_14

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