ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGY?
Today the majority of solar technology (~90%) utilizes polysilicon as the semiconducting raw material which drives the conversion of sunlight into electricity. Second generation thin film technologies are now being utilized incorporating amorphous silicon (a-Si), Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) and Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) technologies and are currently being developed and sold into the commercial market. The third generation of solar technology involves the use of organic materials which have had very little commercial market penetration to date.