Read more: 12 Smart Gadgets You Didn't Know Existed Amorphous silicon panels predate all other thin film panels, and have ...

There are four basic kinds of thin film solar panels, each with pros and cons: Amorphous silicon, organic photovoltaic, cadmium telluride, and copper indium gallium selenide. These are the ...

A company named Leap Photovoltaic claims they have a technology to create solar panels without silicon ... This sounds a lot like amorphous silicon cells which have been around for a while.

Scientists at Spain's Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) have fabricated a transparent solar cell based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide. They say it could be used for ...