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Title Solar cell materials : developing technologies / [edited by] Gavin Conibeer, Arthur Willoughby
Published Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2014
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Series Wiley series in materials for electronic & optoelectronic applications
Contents Series; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Series Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE SUN; 1.3 BOOK OUTLINE; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: Fundamental Physical Limits to Photovoltaic Conversion; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS; 2.3 LIMITATIONS OF CLASSICAL DEVICES; 2.4 FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF SOME HIGH-EFFICIENCY CONCEPTS; 2.5 CONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: Physical Characterisation of Photovoltaic Materials; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION NEEDS AND PHYSICAL TECHNIQUES
3.3 X-RAY TECHNIQUES3.4 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY METHODS; 3.5 SPECTROSCOPY METHODS; 3.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND PERSPECTIVES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: Developments in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 PRESENT MARKET OVERVIEW; 4.3 SILICON WAFERS; 4.4 CELL PROCESSING; 4.5 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 DEPOSITION METHODS; 5.3 MATERIAL PROPERTIES; 5.4 SINGLE-JUNCTION CELL; 5.5 MULTIJUNCTION CELLS; 5.6 MODULES AND PRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
Chapter 6: III-V Solar Cells6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 HOMO- AND HETEROJUNCTION III-V SOLAR CELLS; 6.3 MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; 6.4 APPLICATIONS; 6.5 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: Chalcogenide Thin-Film Solar Cells; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 CIGS; 7.3 KESTERITES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: Printed Organic Solar Cells; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 MATERIALS AND MORPHOLOGY; 8.3 INTERFACES IN ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; 8.4 TANDEM TECHNOLOGY; 8.5 ELECTRODE REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; 8.6 PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; 8.7 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES
Chapter 9: Third-Generation Solar Cells9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 MULTIPLE-ENERGY-LEVEL APPROACHES; 9.3 MODIFICATION OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM; 9.4 THERMAL APPROACHES; 9.5 OTHER APPROACHES; 9.6 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Concluding Remarks; Index
Summary "This book presents a comparison of solar cell materials, including both new materials based on organics, nanostructures and novel inorganics and developments in more traditional photovoltaic materials. Introductory chapters cover physical characterisation and fundamental physical limits including the importance of characterization in assessing semiconductor and PV properties with particular emphasis on new techniques or new applications. Later chapters discuss developments in current technologies such as bulk crystalline solid-state semiconductor materials, and emerging materials and approaches such as amorphous and microcrystalline silicon solar cells. Finally, the book surveys the materials and materials trends in the field including third generation solar cells (multiple energy level cells, thermal approaches and the modification of the solar spectrum) with an eye firmly on low costs, energy efficiency and the use of abundant non-toxic materials"-- Provided by publisher
"This book presents a comparison of solar cell materials, including both new materials based on organics, nanostructures and novel inorganics and developments in more traditional photovoltaic materials"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Photovoltaic cells -- Materials
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Material Science.
Photovoltaic cells -- Materials
Cèl·lules fotovoltaiques -- Materials.
Form Electronic book
Author Conibeer, Gavin, editor
Willoughby, Arthur, editor
LC no. 2013038585
ISBN 9781118695814
111869581X
9781118695838
1118695836
9781118695784
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111869578X
0470065516
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