Welcome to the Glass Age

61 Figure 4.3. PV energy landscape in the desert. Source: Pixabay.  The second-generation photovoltaic, thin-film solar cells offer a lower production cost, less pollution, stable performance and good low light performance. Compared with crystal silicon solar cells, they are a perfect choice for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). Due to persistent silicon raw material shortages in the international market and an ever- quickening pace to cut carbon emissions, thin film solar cells represent a new trend that is gaining considerable attention in the photoelectric market