A brief review on third generation Solar Cell

Abstract

Converting solar energy into a clean, practical alternative power source will require highly efficient and inexpensive devices that generate electrical power from solar irradiation. To meet the word wide energy demand solar power is highly acceptable. Photovoltaic industries are totally dominated by crystalline silicon solar cell and it grabs the 90% of photovoltaic market. Nowadays, different generations of solar cell using various type of fabrication technology have been emerged. Scientists have categorized solar cell into three different types. (i) first generation solar cell which include single crystalline and polycrystalline solar cell, (ii) second generation solar cell comprising of amorphous silicon solar cell and (iii) third generation solar cell fabricated with dye-sensitized solar cell, organic photovoltaic, quantum dot and perovskite solar cell. In this article, a brief review of different types of solar cell belonging in the 3rd generation and its evolution and progress has been discussed.