A REVIEW OF PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION

Abstract

One of the most inexhaustible and the cleanest renewable energy resources is the solar energy. Photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the finest ways for using the solar power. In the recent years, the world`s development of PV technology is growing very fast because of the technological development and government support for renewable energy. Photovoltaic is playing an important role to utilize solar energy for electricity production worldwide. The efficiency of solar cells is one of the important facts in PV technologies. This paper represents the review of the photovoltaic technology based upon the silicon solar cells. Also, the paper reviews the non-silicon photovoltaic technology, based upon Cadmium telluride (CdTe) and Cadmium sulphide (CdS), Copper indium gallium selenide/copper indium selenide (CIGS/CIS), Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) and some new photovoltaic technology for PV cell production - Nanotechnology or ‘‘third- generation PV’’. Very important perspective of thin film PV technology is flexible modules, and this study will show that there is great perspective for development thin film building integrated PV products.