Ebook: Thin-Film Solar Cells: Next Generation Photovoltaics and Its Applications

This is the first comprehensive book on thin-film solar cells, potentially a key technology for solving the energy production problem in the 21st century in an environmentally friendly way. It covers a wide range of scientific and technological aspects of thin film semiconductors - deposition technologies, growth mechanisms and the basic properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon - as well as the optimum design theory and device physics of high-efficiency solar cells, especially of single-junction and multi-junction solar cells. The development of large-area solar cell modules using single and multi-junction solar cells is also considered. Examples of recent photovoltaic systems are presented and analysed.

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This is the first comprehensive book on thin-film solar cells, potentially a key technology for solving the energy production problem in the 21st century in an environmentally friendly way. It covers a wide range of scientific and technological aspects of thin film semiconductors - deposition technologies, growth mechanisms and the basic properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon - as well as the optimum design theory and device physics of high-efficiency solar cells, especially of single-junction and multi-junction solar cells. The development of large-area solar cell modules using single and multi-junction solar cells is also considered. Examples of recent photovoltaic systems are presented and analysed.

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This is the first comprehensive book on thin-film solar cells, potentially a key technology for solving the energy production problem in the 21st century in an environmentally friendly way. It covers a wide range of scientific and technological aspects of thin film semiconductors - deposition technologies, growth mechanisms and the basic properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon - as well as the optimum design theory and device physics of high-efficiency solar cells, especially of single-junction and multi-junction solar cells. The development of large-area solar cell modules using single and multi-junction solar cells is also considered. Examples of recent photovoltaic systems are presented and analysed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Background and Motivation for Thin-Film Solar-Cell Development....Pages 1-14
Recent Advances and Future Opportunities for Thin-Film Solar Cells....Pages 15-42
Electrical and Optical Properties of Amorphous Silicon and Its Alloys....Pages 43-68
Preparation and Properties of Nanocrystalline Silicon....Pages 69-89
Key Issues for the Efficiency Improvement of Silicon-Based Stacked Solar Cells....Pages 90-104
Development of Amorphous-Silicon Single-Junction Solar Cells and Their Application Systems....Pages 105-120
Production of a-Si:H/ a-SiGe:H/ a-SiGe:H Stacked Solar-Cell Modules and Their Applications....Pages 121-138
Low-Temperature Fabrication of Nanocrystalline-Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 139-149
Mass Production of Large-Area Integrated Thin-Film Silicon Solar-Cell Module....Pages 150-162
Properties of Chalcopyrite-Based Materials and Film Deposition for Thin-Film Solar Cells....Pages 163-182
Development of Cu(InGa)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cells....Pages 183-210
Expanding Thin-Film Solar PV System Applications....Pages 211-230
Future Prospects for Photovoltaic Technologies in Japan....Pages 231-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-244

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This is the first comprehensive book on thin-film solar cells, potentially a key technology for solving the energy production problem in the 21st century in an environmentally friendly way. It covers a wide range of scientific and technological aspects of thin film semiconductors - deposition technologies, growth mechanisms and the basic properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon - as well as the optimum design theory and device physics of high-efficiency solar cells, especially of single-junction and multi-junction solar cells. The development of large-area solar cell modules using single and multi-junction solar cells is also considered. Examples of recent photovoltaic systems are presented and analysed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Background and Motivation for Thin-Film Solar-Cell Development....Pages 1-14
Recent Advances and Future Opportunities for Thin-Film Solar Cells....Pages 15-42
Electrical and Optical Properties of Amorphous Silicon and Its Alloys....Pages 43-68
Preparation and Properties of Nanocrystalline Silicon....Pages 69-89
Key Issues for the Efficiency Improvement of Silicon-Based Stacked Solar Cells....Pages 90-104
Development of Amorphous-Silicon Single-Junction Solar Cells and Their Application Systems....Pages 105-120
Production of a-Si:H/ a-SiGe:H/ a-SiGe:H Stacked Solar-Cell Modules and Their Applications....Pages 121-138
Low-Temperature Fabrication of Nanocrystalline-Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 139-149
Mass Production of Large-Area Integrated Thin-Film Silicon Solar-Cell Module....Pages 150-162
Properties of Chalcopyrite-Based Materials and Film Deposition for Thin-Film Solar Cells....Pages 163-182
Development of Cu(InGa)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cells....Pages 183-210
Expanding Thin-Film Solar PV System Applications....Pages 211-230
Future Prospects for Photovoltaic Technologies in Japan....Pages 231-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-244
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