Recent Advances in Solar Cells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ravindra, N. M.

Contributor:

Lin, Leqi.

Singh, Priyanka.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar cells.

Photovoltaic power generation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

This book presents the most recent advances in the area of solar cells. By taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses the evolution in photovoltaics from the material to the device to the panel.

Contents:

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References

Acknowledgements

Author biographies

N M Ravindra

Leqi Lin

Priyanka Singh

Chapter Introduction

1.1 Historical perspective

1.2 Solar radiation fundamentals

1.3 Photovoltaic effect

1.4 Solar cell fundamentals

1.5 Shockley-Queisser limit

1.6 Conclusions

Notation

Chapter Material considerations

2.1 Material fundamentals

2.2 Amorphous silicon

2.2.1 Staebler-Wronski effect

2.3 Materials overview

2.3.1 Schottky barrier

2.3.2 Experimental methods

2.3.3 Wafer cleaning

2.4 Spectral response of material candidates for solar cells

2.5 Types of device structures

2.5.1 Thermal management of solar cells

2.5.2 Cost considerations

2.6 Architecture of silicon solar cells

2.7 Bandgap engineering

2.7.1 Material selection

2.7.2 Applications

2.7.3 Key players-examples of companies and R&amp

D institutions

2.8 Conclusion

Chapter Copper indium gallium diselenide, cadmium telluride and copper zinc tin sulfide based solar cells

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Influence of substrate material and substrate temperature

3.2.1 Influence of substrate materials

3.2.2 Influence of substrate temperatures

3.3 Recent results

3.4 Conclusions

Chapter Perovskite solar cells

4.1 Historical perspective

4.2 Introduction

4.3 Material considerations

4.4 Device performance considerations

4.5 Material and cell degradation

4.6 Hysteresis in J-V characteristics

4.7 Conclusion

Chapter Polymer solar cells

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Device structure of polymer solar cells

5.2.1 Bilayer heterojunction structure

5.2.2 Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure

5.2.3 Conventional BHJ structure

5.2.4 Inverted BHJ structure

5.2.5 Ternary blend.

5.2.6 Tandem and multijunction

5.2.7 Emerging concepts

5.3 Working principle of polymer solar cells

5.4 Fabrication and material processing of polymer solar cells

5.4.1 Spin coating

5.4.2 Roll-to-roll process

5.5 Electrical &amp

optical characterization of polymer solar cells

5.5.1 Illuminated I-V characteristics

5.5.2 Dark I-V characteristics

5.5.3 Solar cell performance parameters

5.6 Donors and acceptors in polymer solar cells

5.6.1 Donor polymers

5.6.2 Acceptor polymers

5.7 Degradation of polymer solar cells

5.7.1 Photochemical degradation

5.7.2 Thermal degradation

5.7.3 Oxidative degradation

5.7.4 Hydrolytic degradation

5.7.5 Electrochemical degradation

5.7.6 Environmental degradation

5.8 Conclusions

Chapter Concentrator photovoltaics systems

6.1 Introduction

6.1.1 Concentrator solar power systems

6.1.2 Concentrating photovoltaics systems

6.2 Concentrator photovoltaics

6.2.1 Low concentration PV (LCPV)

6.2.2 Medium concentration PV (MCPV)

6.2.3 High concentration PV (HCPV)

6.3 Concentrated solar power

6.3.1 Parabolic trough systems

6.3.2 Solar power tower systems

6.3.3 Parabolic dish systems

6.3.4 Fresnel reflector systems

6.3.5 Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology-examples

6.3.6 Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology-device fundamentals

6.4 Agri-photovoltaics

6.5 Impact on the environment

6.6 Conclusion

Chapter Instantaneous performance measurements of PV modules

7.1 Equipment required for instantaneous performance testing

7.1.1 The I-V tracer

7.1.2 Temperature sensor

7.1.3 Radiation measuring sensor

7.1.4 Measurement setup of angle of incidence

7.1.5 Determination of angle of incidence

7.1.6 Mesh with different transmissivity.

7.1.7 Arrangement for cooling or heating up the PV module

7.1.8 Spectroradiometer

7.2 Procedure for instant performance measurements

7.2.1 Weather check

7.2.2 AOI correction

7.2.3 Spectral correction

7.2.4 Temperature coefficient estimation

7.2.5 Series resistance estimation

7.2.6 Curve correction factor (κ) estimation

7.2.7 Translation of I-V data to the desired irradiance and temperature condition

7.3 Conclusion

Chapter Long term performance measurements

8.1 Weather station system

8.1.1 Pyranometer

8.1.2 Environmental resilience

8.1.3 Reliability under thermal stress

8.2 Performance metrics

8.2.1 Test bed with I-V tracer and inverter

8.2.2 Performance ratio (PR)

8.2.3 Capacity utilization factor (CUF)

8.2.4 Degradation rate estimation of PV module

8.3 Data analysis tools and comparative analysis

8.3.1 Data analysis tools

8.4 Temperature dependence of solar cell/solar panel performance

8.5 Solar panel components and cost considerations

8.6 Standards

8.7 Warranties

8.8 Conclusion

Chapter Influence of weather conditions

9.1 Effect of irradiance

9.2 Effect of humidity

9.3 Influence of mechanical stress

9.4 Influence of temperature

9.5 Conclusion

Chapter Approaches to hotspot reduction and shade loss minimization

10.1 Shaded cell loss and hotspot related challenges

10.2 Minimization and prevention of shaded cell and hotspot loss

10.3 Real-world implementations

10.4 Conclusion

Chapter Computational methods

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Illuminated current-voltage (I-V) characteristics

11.2.1 Single-diode model (SDM)

11.2.2 Double-diode model (DDM)

11.3 Dark current-voltage (I-V) characteristics

11.4 Solar cell performance parameters

11.5 Solar cell diode parameters.

11.5.1 Analytical techniques for parameter extraction

11.5.2 Simulation techniques for parameter extraction

11.6 Spectral response (SR)

11.7 Quantum efficiency (QE)

11.8 Minority carrier lifetime (τ)

11.9 Junction depth (xj)

11.10 Conclusions

Chapter Tandem solar cells

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Processing of tandem solar cells

12.2.1 Monolithic tandem solar cells

12.2.2 Mechanically stacked tandem solar cells

12.3 Device architecture of tandem solar cells

12.3.1 Two-terminal (2T) tandem solar cells

12.3.2 Three-terminal (3T) tandem solar cells

12.3.3 Four-terminal (4T) tandem solar cells

12.4 Tandem solar cell performance and possible bandgap combinations

12.5 Tandem solar cell classification

12.5.1 Inorganic tandem solar cells

12.5.2 Organic tandem solar cells

12.6 Conclusions

Chapter Recent patents and disclosures

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Conclusions

Chapter Conclusions

14.1 Solar cell generations

14.1.1 First generation

14.1.2 Second generation

14.1.3 Third generation

14.1.4 Fourth generation

14.2 Global solar cell activity and highlights

14.2.1 Research and Development laboratories in solar cell technology

14.2.2 International Energy Agency

14.2.3 Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI)

14.2.4 Solar cell industries

14.3 Potential improvements in solar cell for future applications

14.3.1 Lab-scale to prototyping to commercialization

14.3.2 Solar cell thermal management

14.3.3 Advancements and innovations in contact replacements

Chapter Challenges, opportunities and future directions

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Solar panels-challenges and future directions

15.2.1 Supply chain challenges

15.2.2 Vertical integration challenges.

15.2.3 Polysilicon production challenges

15.2.4 Methods to reduce cost of manufacturing

15.2.5 Glass in solar panels

15.2.6 Workforce development

15.2.7 Role of incentives

15.3 Recycling of solar panels

15.3.1 Recycling of silicon solar panels

15.3.2 Recycling of thin-film solar panels

15.4 Solar panel recycling market, growth and forecast

15.5 Lifecycle analysis of solar panels

15.6 Conclusion

References.

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ISBN:

9780750359962

075035996X

OCLC:

1512818738