Want to Make Your Own Homemade Solar Cells?
You may be interested in making solar cells for your own house - clean energy is one of the latest and fastest-growing trends in the world.
Just do a quick search online and you will find dozens of results on how to make solar cells at home - and these articles make it sound easy too. While it may be fun and not technically difficult, it takes time and is not a simple one-step process.
So what is wrong with a DIY solar cell project?
1. You need to buy lots of equipment at the hardware store, like copper foil sheets, wires, and an electric stove.
2. You will need to heat up and then cool down the copper, which takes about an hour of work.
3. You would need thousands of solar cells to power a house - and without thousands of hours of free time this will prove to be a costly, lengthy project.
If you still want to use solar power, what can you do?
For one, you should look on eBay and buy “chipped” or “broken” solar cells there.
This would cost money but this would also save you precious time and money - which you would have lost if you had made your own solar cells.
And while it is true that having solar panels installed is expensive, it is not because of the parts. It is because of the installation and assembly of the panels.
But the process I just mentioned is simultaneously easier and more economic than making your own cells by yourself. Therefore, my suggestion is that you buy the necessary cells and assemble them yourself without trying to make everything yourself.
So, should you make your own solar cells?
If you have tons of spare time, then go ahead and make your own solar cells - but the rest of us would be better served by buying the parts used, and then doing the assembly work ourselves.
