Installing Amorphous Solar Panels

An Installation guide to Amorphous Silicon Solar Panels

So, you've made the decision to purchase some amorphous solar cells, but don't know how to install them? This guide will help you set up your amorphous solar cells in a pratical manner.

What are Amorphous Solar Panels?

Perhaps a little background information is necessary for those who haven't committed to a purchase yet.

Amorphous solar cells are a special type of solar cell, and their unique microscopic manufacturing process makes them highly versatile. The silicon used in amorphous solar panels is not very crystalline or rigid in nature.

These solar cells represent the future of solar panel technology and despite their utility they aren't all that difficult or expensive to manufacture. These solar cells are typically composed of a special layer silvery, conductive silicon and a solid plate of glass. The amorphous solar panel is divided into many sections, defined by seperations in N and P layers of the silicon substrate used in the solar panel. These sections are the individual solar cells.

Installing these Amorphous Solar Panels

Irritatingly, many of these amorphous solar panels do not come with immediately recognizable hook-up points and can prove difficult to install.

The best way to tackle this problem is to attach wires to the back of the solar panel (the silvery side). Soldering doesn't work well and can't properly facilitate the conductive process. You are going to need electrical tape or an electrically conductive epoxy bonding system. The latter is harder to acquire, but is the preferable way to hook up the system and will prevent the minor risk of damage associated with using conductive tape. If you aren't sure which to use, contact a professional at your local hardware outlet.

Attaching the Wires

Attach the wires to the back of your amorphous solar cells along the two outermost 'P' layers of solar cells.
See the Diagram Below: