Solar cell materials : developing technologies / edited by Gavin Conibeer, Arthur Willoughby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conibeer, Gavin.

Willoughby, Arthur.

Series:

Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic & Optoelectronic Applications

Wiley series in materials for electronic and optoelectronic applications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar energy--Materials.

Solar energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Solar Cell Materials: Developing Technologies; Contents; Series Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Sun; 1.3 Book Outline; References; 2 Fundamental Physical Limits to Photovoltaic Conversion; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Thermodynamic Limits; 2.2.1 The Sun is the Limit; 2.2.2 Classical Thermodynamics Analysis of Solar Energy Conversion; 2.3 Limitations of Classical Devices; 2.3.1 Detailed Balance and Main Assumptions; 2.3.2 p-n Junction; 2.3.3 The Two-Level System Model; 2.3.4 Multijunctions; 2.4 Fundamental Limits of some High-Efficiency Concepts

2.4.1 Beyond Unity Quantum Efficiency2.4.2 Beyond Isothermal Conversion: Hot-Carrier Solar Cells (HCSC); 2.4.3 Beyond the Single Process Photon: Photon Conversion; 2.5 Conclusion; Note; References; 3 Physical Characterisation of Photovoltaic Materials; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Correspondence between Photovoltaic Materials Characterisation Needs and Physical Techniques; 3.3 X-Ray Techniques; 3.3.1 X-Ray Diffraction (XRD); 3.3.2 Grazing-Incidence X-Ray Diffraction (GIXRD); 3.3.3 X-Ray Reflectivity (XRR); 3.3.4 Other X-Ray Techniques; 3.4 Electron Microscopy Methods

3.4.1 Electron-Specimen Interactions and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)3.4.2 Electron Backscattering Diffraction (EBSD); 3.4.3 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM); 3.4.4 Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS); 3.5 Spectroscopy Methods; 3.5.1 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS); 3.5.2 Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS); 3.5.3 Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS); 3.5.4 Raman Spectroscopy; 3.5.5 UV-VIS-NIR Spectroscopy; 3.6 Concluding Remarks and Perspectives; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Developments in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells; 4.1 Introduction

4.2 Present Market Overview4.3 Silicon Wafers; 4.3.1 Standard Process; 4.3.2 Multicrystalline Silicon Ingots; 4.3.3 Ribbon Silicon; 4.4 Cell Processing; 4.4.1 Screen-Printed Cells; 4.4.2 Buried-Contact and Laser Doped, Selective-Emitter Solar Cells; 4.4.3 HIT Cell; 4.4.4 Rear-Contact Cell; 4.4.5 PERL Solar Cell; 4.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Deposition Methods; 5.2.1 Modifications of Direct PECVD Techniques; 5.2.2 Remote PECVD Techniques; 5.2.3 Inline HWCVD Deposition; 5.3 Material Properties

5.3.1 Protocrystalline Silicon5.3.2 Microcrystalline or Nanocrystalline Silicon; 5.4 Single-Junction Cell; 5.4.1 Amorphous (Protocrystalline) Silicon Cells; 5.4.2 Microcrystalline (c-Si:H) Silicon Cells; 5.4.3 Higher Deposition Rate; 5.5 Multijunction Cells; 5.6 Modules and Production; Acknowledgments; References; 6 III-V Solar Cells; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Homo- and Heterojunction III-V Solar Cells; 6.2.1 GaAs Solar Cells; 6.2.2 InP Solar Cells; 6.2.3 InGaAsP; 6.2.4 GaN; 6.3 Multijunction Solar Cells; 6.3.1 Monolithic Multijunction Solar Cells

6.3.2 Mechanically Stacked Multijunction Solar Cells

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 28, 2014).

ISBN:

9781118695838

1118695836

9781118695784

111869578X

9781118695814

111869581X

OCLC:

868963738