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Hard on the heels of the news that renewable energy now leads fossil fuel production in terms of investment, companies like Xunlight are demonstrating thin-film silicon solar manufacturing capability in the hopes of capturing market share from rigid silicon solar panel manufacturers. For Xunlight, the manufacturing process involves imprinting amorphous silicon solar cells on sheets of stainless steel so thin you can roll them up like a blueprint. And, in a sense, they are – a blueprint for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) that promises more solar surfaces faster and cheaper.

Xunlight’s manufacturing process creates solar “sheets” 36 inches wide and up to a mile long, using a nine-layer, chemical vapor deposition process for the semiconductor materials, plus a bottom reflective layer and a surface electrode layer via the sputtering process. The resulting sheet, one hundred times thinner than a typical piece of paper, uses only a limited amount of silicon to create triple-junction solar cells.

These amorphous (without crystalline configuration) solar cells are much cheaper to manufacture, thus offering truly affordable solar energy in a lightweight format that can be used on many surfaces, from backpacks to buildings, to generate electricity.

Their drawback is an 8-percent efficiency rating, which is significantly lower than traditional, crystalline silicon panels at about 20 percent. Xunlight reportedly achieved the efficiency by incorporating three different materials (amorphous silicon, amorphous silicon germanium, and nanocrystalline silicon) that capture light in different wavelengths, overcoming bandgap deficiencies in other thin films and crystalline solar cells using only one primary material.

In fact, efficiency ratings are the single drawback of thin-film solar – a drawback that tends to overshadow their usefulness in so many applications given their flexibility. This is due to the inherent nature of amorphous silicon, which is less structurally reliable, resulting in degradation in the presence of sunlight or at high temperatures. Some concentrating solar technologies which promise to overcome this inefficiency are still on the drawing board.

Xunlight now joins the thin-film race with several other companies (Heliovolt, Nanosolar and United Solar Ovonic) to achieve thin film with efficiencies that match crystalline solar. Xunlight has an advantage in its high volume, roll-to-roll technique, but the two former companies are using copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), which is competitive with crystalline solar in terms of efficiency. Unfortunately, no one has yet been able to make a cheap product in volume because CIGS is so difficult to work with.

Thin film as it currently stands also carries the inherent risk of easier permeability and combustibility, but solar installers envision a day when they can carry rolls of thin film up to a roof, install it, and have a watertight roof that is also aesthetically pleasing to homeowners. And thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, millions in funding await entrepreneurs who think they can achieve that goal.

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If you are struggling to pay the power bill and finding your home is suffering from high power use then you might want to consider using solar energy as a source of power to run your home appliances and equipment. Purchasing solar panels can be very expensive and sometimes beyond the range for normal average joe budget, large solar panels can cost between $3000- $10000 dollars but you’ll be relieved to know that you learn how to make solar power panels yourself.

So what do you need if you want to make solar panels?

A good instructional guide Plywood Solar cells Good strong glass

Like I said before solar panels once you understand how they are constructed its not that hard to put together and you don’t have to be a engineer or scientist to construct one yourself. Firstly I mentioned that you need a guide that shows you how to create your own solar panels and there are some really good ones out there that you can download of the net for a next to nothing. These guides are easy to follow and come with detailed instructions that show you step by step how to make solar panels easily.

These guides not only teach you how to make solar panels it also shows you how to install them on your roof and where to get the necessary materials to build a DIY solar panels.

By following the pictures are instructions you first take a certain size sheet of plywood (determined by you relating to what size solar panel you want) which will be used as a backboard to lay solar cells which are normally placed to rows across the board.

The cells are then connected to each other with wires that a thread through holes under each cell in the back of the plywood and then reinforced again by another piece of plywood to secure the wires together, a small wood frame is then placed outside the plywood board but is higher than the cells to allow a glass to be put over the top to seal the cells to the backboard.

You an make professional looking solar panels for under $100 and make them produce 100 watts easy , solar panels that make 100 watts from the shops can cost $500 or more so imagine the money you’ll be saving.

If your wondering where to find these types of guide on the internet please visit – <a onClick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.squidoo.com/howtomakesolarpanels:>How to make solar panels</a> or visit my official website http://how-to-make-solar-panels.blogspot.com/

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