Solar Cells: Materials, Manufacture and Operation
Photovoltaic energy conversion in solar cells consists of two essential steps. First, absorption of light generates an electron-hole pair. The electron and hole then separated by the structure of the device – electrons to the negative terminal and holes to the positive terminal – thus generating electrical power.
This process illustrated in Figure 1 which shows, at a glance, the principal features of the typical solar cells in use today. Each cell depicted in two ways.One diagram shows the physical structure of the device and the dominant electron transport processes that contribute to the energy conversion process. The same processes are shown on the band diagram of the semiconductor, or energy levels in the molecular devices.
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Solar Cells: Materials, Manufacture and Operation
- Introduction
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- Crystalline silicon solar cells
- Thin film technologies
- Space and concentrator cells
- Organic and dye sensitised cells
- Testing, Monitoring and Calibration
- A:Constants, physical quantities and conversion factors
- B:List of principal symbols
- C:Abbreviations and acronyms
- D:Bibliography
- E:International and US standards with relevance to photovoltaics
- F:Useful web sites, journals and new sheets
The capture and use of solar energy has been growing for many years, but only in recent times have advances in design and manufacture allowed us to see the incorporation of solar energy as a significant player in the renewable energy arena.Solar cells are at the heart of any photovoltaic system and in this book the various types are described and their characteristics reviewed.Going beyond materials, design and function, ‘Solar Cells’ also covers their testing, monitoring and calibration thus providing a comprehensive account of current activity in this important field of research and industry.’Solar Cells’ abstracted from the recent ‘Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics’ by the same editors (ISBN 185617 3909. 2003: Elsevier) Internationally-respected contributors from industry and academia Abstracted from ‘The Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics’ by the same Editors A comprehensive source-book on all aspects of solar cells
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