What are solar panels/cells made out of? What materials?


Question:
What materials are used to create solor cells? More info on creating solar cells would help.

Answer:
mostly out of silicon, but have other parts too.
well its called a photovoltaic cell.

i dont know what its made up, maybe if you searched 'what photovoltaic cells are made of'
Mainly they are arrays of photovoltaic cells. The cells are made largely of the element Silicon.

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Most modern commercial solar cells are silicon. Some expensive, high efficiency ones are made with gallium arsenide , which is a combination of the elements gallium and arsenic. Many other types exist too. See the source.
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