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1 online resource (952 pages) |
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Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Part one: Introduction to Photovoltaics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Introduction to Photovoltaic Solar Energy; 1.1.2 Properties of Irradiance; 1.1.3 Structure of the Book; List of Symbols; Constants; List of Acronyms; References; Part Two: Basic Functional Principles of Photovoltaics; 2.1 Semiconductor Materials and their Properties; 2.1.1 Semiconductor Materials; 2.1.2 Crystalline Structures of Semiconductors; 2.1.3 Energy Bands in Semiconductors; List of Symbols; List of Acronyms |
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2.4.4 Non-Radiative (Shockley-Read-Hall) Recombination2.4.5 Surface, Interface and Grain Boundary Recombination; References; 2.5 Carrier Transport; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Drift Current; 2.5.3 Diffusion Current; 2.5.4 Total Current; 2.5.5 Quasi-Fermi Levels and Current; 2.5.6 Continuity Equations; 2.5.7 Minority Carrier Transport Equations; References; 2.6 PN Junctions and theDiode Equation; 2.6.1 Properties of a pn Homojunction; 2.6.2 Ideal pn Diode in the Dark; 2.6.3 Depletion Region Effects and the General Diode Equation; Acknowledgments; List of Symbols; List of Acronyms; References |
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Part Three: Crystalline Silicon Technologies3.1 Silicon Materials; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Electrical Properties; 3.1.3 Optical Properties; 3.1.4 Conclusion; List of Symbols; List of Acronyms; References; 3.2 Silicon Solar Cell Device Structures; 3.2.1 Introduction; 3.2.2 Solar Cell Optics; 3.2.3 Minimizing Electron-Hole Recombination; 3.2.4 Minimizing Electrical Losses; 3.2.5 Screen-Printed Silicon Solar Cells; 3.2.6 Selective Emitter Solar Cells; 3.2.7 PERC and PERL Solar Cells; 3.2.8 Switching to Phosphorus-Doped Substrates; 3.2.9 N-Type Rear Emitter Silicon Solar Cells |
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3.2.10 N-type Front Emitter Silicon Solar Cell3.2.11 Efficiency Improvements for Industrial Solar Cells; 3.2.12 Conclusion; References; 3.3 Interdigitated Back Contact Solar Cells; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Different Types of IBC Solar Cells; 3.3.3 IBC Solar Cells for One-Sun Flat-Plate Modules; 3.3.4 Conclusion; List of Symbols; List of Acronyms; References; 3.4 Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells; 3.4.1 Basic Principles; 3.4.2 a-Si:H/c-Si Cell Development; 3.4.3 Key Issues in a-Si:H/c-Si Cells; 3.4.4 Advantages Compared to c-Si Cells; List of Symbols; List of Acronyms; References |
| Bibliography |
References2.2 Doping, Diffusion, and Defects in Solar Cells; 2.2.1 Introduction; 2.2.2 Silicon Wafer Fabrication; 2.2.3 Ingot Formation; 2.2.4 Doping and Diffusion; 2.2.5 Defects in Silicon; List of Symbols; List of Acronyms; References; 2.3 Absorption and Generation; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 Generation of Electron Hole Pairs in Semiconductors; 2.3.3 Absorption and Photogeneration; 2.3.4 Absorption Coefficient for Direct and Indirect Bandgap Semiconductors; References; 2.4 Recombination; 2.4.1 Introduction; 2.4.2 Radiative Recombination; 2.4.3 Auger Recombination |
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3.5 Surface Passivation and Emitter Recombination Parameters |
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Photovoltaic cells.
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Photovoltaic power generation.
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photovoltaic cells.
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Photovoltaic cells
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Photovoltaic power generation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Verlinden, Pierre
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Freundlich, Alexandre
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| ISBN |
9781118927489 |
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1118927486 |
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