Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, anonym.to

Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering

Date: 31 Jan 2007, 13:10

0471491969, Pages:1168

Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering incorporates the most recent technological advances

and research developments in photovoltaics. All topics relating to the photovoltaic (PV) industry are

discussed and each chapter has been written by an internationally-known expert in the field.

Detailed treatment covers:

* scientific basis of the photovoltaic effect and solar cell operation
* the production of solar silicon and of silicon-based solar cells and modules
* the science and technology of up-and-coming thin film PV technologies
* how choice of semiconductor materials and their production influence costs and performance
* high-performance approaches for concentrators and space applications
* new types of organic dye-based solar cells
* making measurements on solar cells and modules and how to relate results under standardised test

conditions to real outdoor performance
* photovoltaic system installation and operation of components such as inverters and batteries.
* architectural applications of building-integrated PV
* finance and the role of investors: public funding and policy in promoting PV world-wide

Each chapter is written to be partially accessible to beginners while providing detailed information of

the physics and technology for experts. Encompassing a review of past work and the fundamentals in

solar electric science, this outstanding reference provides an invaluable resource to practitioners,

consultants, researchers and students in the PV engineering industry.

Contents

1. Status, Trends, Challenges and the Bright Future of Solar Electricity from Photovoltaics
2. Motivation for Photovoltaic Application and Development
3. The Physics of the Solar Cell
4. Theoretical Limits of Photovoltaic Conversion
5. Solar Grade Silicon Feedstock
6. Bulk Crystal Growth and Wafering for PV
7. Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules
8. Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells
9. High-Efficiency III-V Multijunction Solar Cells
10. Space Solar Cells and Arrays
11. Photovoltaic Concentrators
12. Amorphous Silicon-based Solar Cells
13. Cu(InGa)Se[subscript 2] Solar Cells
14. Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells
15. Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
16. Measurement and Characterization of Solar Cells and Modules
17. Photovoltaic Systems
18. Electrochemical Storage for Photovoltaics
19. Power Conditioning for Photovoltaic Power Systems
20. Economic Analysis and Environmental Aspects of Photovoltaic Systems
21. PV in Architecture
22. Photovoltaics and Development
23. Financing PV Growth

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