Amorphous Solar Panels Vs Crystalline

Quite often we re asked about the advantages of monocrystalline panels and polycrystalline solar modules over their amorphous thin film counterparts.

Amorphous solar panels vs crystalline.

Amorphous cells can withstand higher temperatures without output being affected compared to poly or mono crystalline cells. Amorphous is lower cost than crystalline although it s less efficient in converting sunlight to energy and as a result requires a larger panel to deliver the same power as a smaller crystalline panel. Amorphous has better indoor performance compared to crystalline in one test we conducted amorphous outperformed crystalline by 4x and we are constantly taking additional steps to make the material even better indoors. In all our grid connect packages we only use good quality poly or monocrystalline panels except in very specific circumstances for the.

Particularly in home solar power grid connect systems and how they affect the life of a solar panel. Amorphous offers the benefit of operating in lower light conditions and hence is suitable for many applications that are used in lighting since it will be able to put some charge into a battery at a lower light level than crystalline solar panels. Amorphous panels can be made for much less than crystalline panels and it seems the industry is set up for self sabotage because they seem to want to do whatever it takes to make sure these amorphous panels stay high at ridiculous prices and or are impossible to get. They can also withstand the summer heat where mono or polycrystalline panels lose efficiency in the same ambient temperatures.