Fundamentals Of Solar Cells
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Fundamentals Of Solar Cells

Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion

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Fundamentals Of Solar Cells

Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion

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Fundamentals of Solar Cells: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion provides an introduction to the fundamental physical principles of solar cells. It aims to promote the expansion of solar photovoltaics from relatively small and specialized use to a large-scale contribution to energy supply. The book begins with a review of basic concepts such as the source of energy, the role of photovoltaic conversion, the development of photovoltaic cells, and sequence of phenomena involved in solar power generation. This is followed by separate chapters on each of the processes that take place in solar cell. These include solar input; properties of semiconductors; recombination and the flow of photogenerated carriers; charge separation and the characteristics of junction barriers; and calculation of solar efficiency. Subsequent chapters deal with the operation of specific solar cell devices such as a single-crystal homojunction (Si); a single-crystal-heterojunction/buried-homojunction (AlGaAs/GaAs); and a polycrystalline, thin-film cell (CuxS/CdS). This book is intended for upper-level graduate students who have a reasonably good understanding of solid state physics and for scientists and engineers involved in research and development of solar cells.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780323145381
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Mechanical Engineering
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Fundamentals of Solar Cells: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. List of Symbols
  8. List of Acronyms
  9. CHAPTER 1. Survey of Basic Concepts
  10. CHAPTER 2. Solar Insolation
  11. CHAPTER 3. Properties of Semiconductors
  12. CHAPTER 4. Application of the Transport Equation
  13. CHAPTER 5. Junctions
  14. CHAPTER 6. The Calculation of Solar Efficiency
  15. CHAPTER 7. Silicon Solar Cells
  16. CHAPTER 8. Heterojunction and Heteroface Structure Cells
  17. CHAPTER 9. Polycrystalline Thin Films for Solar Cells
  18. CHAPTER 10. The CuxS/CdS Cell: A Case History of an All-Thin-Film Cell
  19. CHAPTER 11. Other Photovoltaic Cells
  20. CHAPTER 12. Concentrators, Concentrator Systems, and Photoelectrochemical Cells
  21. APPENDIX 1. Air-Mass 1.5 Solar Insolation Data
  22. APPENDIX 2. Transport Equation Solutions for Dark and Illuminated Cases
  23. Index