Semiconductors and semimetals. Volume eighty nine, Advances in photovoltaics, Part 2 / edited by Gerhard P. Willeke, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, Eicke R. Weber, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willeke, G., 1954- editor.

Weber, Eicke R., editor.

Series:

Semiconductors and semimetals ; volume eighty nine.

Semiconductors and semimetals ; v. 89

Semiconductors and semimetals ; volume eighty nine

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photovoltaic power generation.

Semiconductors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 375 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Academic Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. Originally widely known as the ""Willardson and Beer"" Series, it has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. The series publishes timely, highly relevant volumes intended for long-term impact and reflecting the truly interdisciplinary nature of the field. The volumes in Semiconductors and Semimetals have been and will continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in

Contents:

Advances in Photovoltaics: Part 2; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: The Physics of Industrial Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells; 1. Introduction and Chapter Methodology; 2. Basic Theory of Solar Cells; 2.1. Solar cell in thermal equilibrium; 2.2. Biased solar cell; 2.3. Analysis of the bulk lifetime; 2.4. Depletion region recombination; 2.5. Illuminated solar cell; 2.6. Reverse current; 3. Theory Versus Experiment; 4. Origins of Nonideal Characteristics; 4.1. The depletion region recombination (second diode) current; 4.2. The diffusion (first diode) current

4.3. The ohmic current4.4. The reverse current; 4.5. Relation between dark and illuminated characteristics; 5. Summary and Outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Two: Metallurgical Grade and Metallurgically Refined Silicon for Photovoltaics; 1. Introduction; 2. Metallurgical Grade Silicon; 2.1. Production of raw silicon; 2.2. Solar grade silicon by direct route; 3. Solar Silicon from Metallurgical Purification Route; 3.1. Acid leaching; 3.2. Slag treatment of the silicon melt; 3.3. Vacuum degassing of the silicon melt; 3.4. Purification of liquid silicon using gases or water vapor

3.5. Plasma treatment of the silicon melt3.6. Segregation during solidification; 3.7. Refining silicon from Si-Al melt solutions; 3.8. Particle removal from liquid silicon; 4. The Final Material; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Three: Crystalline Silicon PV Module Technology; 1. c-Si PV Module Technology; 1.1. Common module design; 1.2. Solar cells from a module perspective; 1.2.1. Active cell surface; 1.2.2. Metallization; 1.2.3. Spectral response; 1.2.4. Power temperature coefficient; 1.2.5. Thermal expansion; 1.2.6. Reverse bias operation; 1.2.7. Mechanical strength

1.3. Additional module components and their critical properties1.3.1. Front cover; 1.3.2. Encapsulant; 1.3.3. Ribbon; 1.3.4. Back cover; 1.3.5. Junction box and diodes; 1.3.6. Frame; 1.4. Efficiency from cell to module; 1.4.1. Aperture losses; 1.4.2. Electrical efficiency; 1.4.2.1. Front-side resistance; 1.4.2.2. Back side resistance; 1.4.3. Optical efficiency; 1.5. Module assembly processes; 1.5.1. Process steps; 1.5.2. Receiving inspections; 1.5.3. Cell inspection; 1.5.4. Cell stringing; 1.5.4.1. Flux; 1.5.4.2. Soldering; 1.5.5. Critical parameters for cell stress; 1.5.6. String inspection

1.5.6.1. Peel test and fracture analysis1.5.6.2. Metallography, SEM, and X-ray; 1.5.7. Laminate testing; 1.5.7.1. Encapsulant adhesion; 1.5.7.2. Gel content; 1.5.8. Production equipment; 1.6. Alternative module concepts; 1.6.1. Back-contact technology; 1.6.1.1. Cell types and interconnection challenges; 1.6.1.2. Manufacturing process; 1.6.1.3. Interconnection process; 1.6.1.4. Interconnector material; 1.6.2. Edge-seal technology; 1.6.3. Multiwire stringing; References; Chapter Four: Glass and Other Encapsulation Materials; 1. Introduction; 2. Technology of Solar Glass Production

2.1. The melting process

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 19, 2013).

"ISSN: 0080-8784."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780123847027

0123847028

OCLC:

881097104