Clean electricity from photovoltaics /
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| Imprint: | London : Imperial College Press, c2001. |
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| Description: | xxiv, 844 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Series on photoconversion of solar energy ; v. 1 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4897588 |
Table of Contents:
- About the authors
- Preface
- 1. The past and present
- 1.1. Milestones in photovoltaic technology
- 1.2. Evolution of the PV market
- 1.3. Overview of photovoltaic cell operation
- 1.4. Other junction types
- 1.5. Sources of further information
- 2. Device physics of silicon solar cells
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Semiconductor device equations
- 2.3. The p-n junction model of Shockley
- 2.4. Real diode characteristics
- 2.5. Numerical solar cell modelling
- 2.6. Concluding remarks
- 3. Principles of cell design
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Main cell types
- 3.3. Optical design of cells
- 3.4. Surface recombination losses and their reduction
- 3.5. Bulk recombination losses and their reduction
- 3.6. Design and fabrication of the metal contacts
- 3.7. Conclusions
- 4. Crystalline silicon solar cells
- 4.1. Overview
- 4.2. Silicon cell development
- 4.3. Substrate production
- 4.4. Cell processing
- 4.5. Cell costs
- 4.6. Opportunities for improvement
- 4.7. Silicon-supported thin films
- 4.8. Summary
- 5. Amorphous silicon solar cells
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Background
- 5.3. Amorphous silicon-based materials
- 5.4. Growth and microstructure
- 5.5. Solar cells
- 5.6. Solar cell structures
- 5.7. PV modules
- 5.8. Manufacturing costs
- 5.9. Long-term reliability
- 5.10. Environmental issues
- 5.11. Challenges for the future
- 6. Cadmium telluride solar cells
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Early work
- 6.3. The potential of the base material
- 6.4. Diodes and cells
- 6.5. Cell production
- 6.6. Module production
- 6.7. Industrial status--achievements and projections
- 6.8. Economic aspects
- 6.9. Health and environmental aspects
- 6.10. Conclusions
- 7. Cu(In, Ga)Se[subscript 2] solar cells
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Material properties
- 7.3. Cell and module technology
- 7.4. Device physics
- 7.5. Wide-gap chalcopyrites
- 7.6. Conclusions
- 8. Super-high efficiency III-V tandem and multijunction cells
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Principles of super-high efficiency multijunction solar cells
- 8.3. Candidate materials for multijunction cells and their present status
- 8.4. Epitaxial technologies for growing III-V compound cells
- 8.5. Monolithic vs. multi-terminal connection modes
- 8.6. Cell interconnection
- 8.7. Possible applications of multijunction cells
- 8.8. Predictions
- 9. Organic photovoltaic devices
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Background--early work on photoresponsive organic semiconductors
- 9.3. Conjugated molecules: a new class of semiconductors
- 9.4. Basic organic photovoltaic cells
- 9.5. Photogeneration and charge transport in organic PV cells
- 9.6. The characteristics of organic photovoltaic cells
- 9.7. Heterojunction photovoltaic cells
- 9.8. Dispersed heterojunction photovoltaic cells
- 9.9. Diffuse interface photovoltaic cells
- 9.10. Towards future applications
- 9.11. Conclusions
- 10. Quantum well solar cells
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Device design, materials and technology
- 10.3. Physics of QWs
- 10.4. Performance characteristics of QWSCs
- 10.5. Limits to efficiency
- 10.6. Applications
- 10.7. Conclusions
- 11. Thermophotovoltaic generation of electricity
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Radiators
- 11.3. Optical control elements
- 11.4. Device modelling
- 11.5. Potentially suitable materials
- 11.6. System modelling
- 11.7. Summary
- 12. Concentrator cells and systems
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Concentrator solar cells
- 12.3. Tracking concentrators
- 12.4. Performance and cost considerations
- 12.5. Conclusion: under what circumstances is concentration worthwhile?
- 13. Cells and systems for space applications
- 13.1. Space systems
- 13.2. The space environment
- 13.3. History of solar arrays in space
- 13.4. Market trends and drivers in satellite power requirements
- 13.5. Satellite solar arrays
- 13.6. Space solar cell technology
- 13.7. New approaches for satellite solar arrays
- 13.8. Long-term directions
- 14. Storage of electrical energy
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Electricity storage options
- 14.3. Kinetic energy storage
- 14.4. Hydrogen energy storage
- 14.5. Storage batteries
- 14.6. Super- and ultra-capacitors (electrochemical capacitors)
- 14.7. Conclusions
- 15. Photovoltaic modules, systems and applications
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Photovoltaic modules
- 15.3. The photovoltaic array
- 15.4. The photovoltaic system
- 15.5. Costs of PV components and systems
- 15.6. Conclusions
- 16. The photovoltaic business: manufacturers and markets
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Origins and structure of the industry
- 16.3. Growth in PV production
- 16.4. Manufacturers
- 16.5. Markets
- 16.6. Future market growth
- 16.7. International financing and new initiatives
- 16.8. Concluding remarks
- 17. The economics of photovoltaic technologies
- 17.1. Introduction
- 17.2. Economics of PV applications
- 17.3. The policy framework
- 17.4. Conclusions
- 18. The outlook for PV in the 21st century
- 18.1. The changing outlook for PV
- 18.2. PV and world energy supply
- 18.3. PV can play an impressive local role
- 18.4. The ultimate PV system
- 18.5. Market development
- 18.6. Barriers to the introduction of PV
- 18.7. Costs
- 18.8. International co-operation
- 18.9. The future of PV
- Appendices
- I. Fundamental Constants
- II. Useful Quantities and Conversion Factors
- III. List of Symbols
- IV. Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Index
