Polycrystalline Monocrystalline Solar Panels

However instead of pulling out the silicon seed crystal the whole vat of silicon cools.

Polycrystalline monocrystalline solar panels.

Polycrystalline solar panels are the blue colored solar panels that have a less efficiency level. Monocrystalline solar panels have solar cells made from a single crystal of silicon while polycrystalline solar panels have solar cells made from many silicon fragments melted together. The main difference between the two technologies is the type of silicon solar cell they use. Monocrystalline solar panels are the dark black colored solar panels that are more efficient than other forms.

This cooling process causes multiple crystals to form. Polycrystalline solar panels will appear somewhat differently in terms of color. Polycrystalline solar cells are manufactured like monocrystalline panels a seed crystal is placed into molten silica.