Physics:List of types of solar cells

For description and history, see Solar cell A solar cell (also called photovoltaic cell or photoelectric cell) is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical and chemical phenomenon. It is a form of photoelectric cell, defined as a device whose electrical characteristics, such as current, voltage or resistance, vary when exposed to light.

The following are the different types of solar cells.

• Amorphous Silicon solar cell (a-Si)
• Biohybrid solar cell
• Cadmium telluride solar cell (CdTe)
• Concentrated PV cell (CVP and HCVP)
• Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells (CI(G)S)
• Crystalline silicon solar cell (c-Si)
• Float-zone silicon
• Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC)
• Gallium arsenide germanium solar cell (GaAs)
• Hybrid solar cell
• Luminescent solar concentrator cell (LSC)
• Micromorph (tandem-cell using a-Si/μc-Si)
• Monocrystalline solar cell (mono-Si)
• Multi-junction solar cell (MJ)
• Nanocrystal solar cell
• Organic solar cell (OPV)
• Perovskite solar cell
• Photoelectrochemical cell (PEC)
• Plasmonic solar cell
• Polycrystalline solar cell (multi-Si)
• Quantum dot solar cell
• Solid-state solar cell
• Thin-film solar cell (TFSC)
• Wafer solar cell, or wafer-based solar cell crystalline
• Non concentrated hetrogeneos PV cell