Theory of graded-bandgap thin-film solar cells / Faiz Ahmad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Peter B. Monk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aḥmad, Faiz̤, author.

Lakhtakia, Akhlesh, author.

Monk, Peter B., author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Electromagnetics ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar cells.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 118 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Thin-film solar cells are cheap and easy to manufacture but require improvements as their efficiencies are low compared to that of the commercially dominant crystalline-silicon solar cells. An optoelectronic model is formulated and implemented along with the differential evolution algorithm to assess the efficacy of grading the bandgap of the CIGS, CZTSSe, and AlGaAs photon-absorbing layer for optimizing the power-conversion efficiency of thin-film CIGS, CZTSSe, and AlGaAs solar cells, respectively, in the two-terminal single-junction format. Each thin-film solar cell is modeled as a photonic device as well as an electronic device. Solar cells with two (or more) photon-absorbing layers can also be handled using the optolelectronic model, whose results will stimulate experimental techniques for bandgap grading to enable ubiquitous small-scale harnessing of solar energy.

Contents:

Theory of graded-bandgap thin-film solar cells

Abstract; Keywords

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and Symbols

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Solar-Cell Optics

Chapter 3: Solar-Cell Electronics

Chapter 4: Homogeneous Photon-Absorbing Layer

Chapter 5: Linearly Graded Photon-Absorbing Layer

Chapter 6: Nonlinearly Graded Photon-Absorbing Layer

Authors' Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783031020247

3031020243