There are three main types of solar panels available in the Indian market: polycrystalline, monocrystalline, and bifacial. Polycrystalline panels have lower efficiency and price due to a simpler manufacturing process involving combining silicon crystal fragments. Monocrystalline panels have higher efficiency but also higher cost as they use a more complex process involving single silicon crystals. Bifacial panels have the highest efficiency as they can generate power from both sides, but are also the most expensive.

1. SOLAR CELL
Comparison between various types of solar cell and information about each of them

2. What is solar cell?
• A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electrical device that converts
the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect,
which is a physical and chemical phenomenon.

3. Types of Popular Solar Panel:
• Basically there are mainly 3 types of solar panel available in the Indian
market.
A) Polycrystalline.
B) Monocrystalline.
C) Bifacial.

4. Polycrystalline solar panel
A) Each Photo Voltic (PV) cell is made of multiple silicon crystal fragment
that are made together during manufacturing. It is also called “Multi
crystalline panels”.
B) This panels can be identified by its “Blue-hued” PV cells with straight
corners.
C) Its efficiency is slightly less as compared to Monocrystalline PV cells.
D) This panels have lower price as its manufacturing process is simpler.
E) Price Rs. 15-25/Watt

5. Monocrystalline Solar Panel
A) Each PV cells are made of a single silicon crystal. These are sometimes
called “mono solar panels”
B) It can be identified by its BLACK PV cells with rounded or octagonal
corners.
C) Its efficiency is slightly grater than Polycrystalline PV cells.
D) This panels are costlier than polycrystalline panels as its manufacturing
process is complex.
E) Price – Rs. 25-30/Watt

6. Bifacial solar panel
A) This panel is efficient than both the previous PV
panels.
B) It can generate power in both side of the panel.
C) It is also more costlier than previous two panels.
D) Price Rs. 40-45/Watt