ABSTRACT
Concern over the limited stock of conventional energy sources such as coal and other petroleum products has fuelled efforts toward the development of renewable sources of energy that have a lesser footprint on the environment. Materials and technologies play a vital role that can offer promising solutions to achieve renewable and sustainable pathways for the future. Of these renewable sources, solar radiation is the most abundant and freely available and can be directly harnessed by the use of photovoltaic (PV) modules. This chapter is based on the renewable power generation from 114solar PV cells. In this chapter, we will discuss about the renewable power generation scenario; working of a solar cell; model of solar PV module; the impact of PV cell material in PV characteristics; the effect of DC link capacitor material in power converters; challenges involved in solar power generation, and their mitigation techniques; and green materials using green chemistry for fabricating the future solar PV cell and DC link capacitors.
