Optoelectronics of solar cells

With concerns about worldwide environmental security, global warming, and climate change due to emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, it is desirable to have a wide range of energy technologies in a nation's portfolio. Photovoltaics, or solar cells, are a viable option a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Smestad, Greg P.
Corporate Author Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, ©2002.
SeriesSPIE monograph ; PM115.
Subjects
Solar cells.
Optics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780819480491
0819480495
9781628701029
1628701021
9780819444400
0819444405
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 99 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Introduction to solar cells
  • 1.1. Philosophy of the text
  • 1.2. Renewable energy and photovoltaics background
  • 1.3. What is a solar cell?
  • 1.4. Solar cell modules
  • ch. 2 Absorbing solar energy
  • 2.1. Air mass and the solar spectrum
  • 2.2. Optical properties of solar-cell materials
  • 2.3. Photoluminescence
  • ch. 3. Solar cell equations
  • 3.1 PV device characteristics
  • 3.2. Quantum efficiency for current collection
  • 3.3. Lifetime, diffusion length, and electron concentrations
  • 3.4. The transport equation and current extraction
  • ch. 4. Photoelectrochemistry
  • 4.1. Basic photoelectrochemistry
  • 4.2. The dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cell
  • ch. 5. Generalized model of a solar converter
  • 5.1. General thermodynamics of light conversion
  • 5.2. Detailed balance : the generalized Planck equation
  • 5.3. The luminescent output
  • 5.4. The relationship between voltage and luminescence efficiency
  • 5.5. Current-voltage characteristics and luminescence
  • ch. 6. Concentrators of light
  • 6.1. The thermodynamic limits of light concentrators
  • 6.2. Geometrical optics
  • 6.3. Active concentrators (luminescent systems)
  • 6.4. Light enhancement in the environment
  • ch. 7. Economics of photovoltaic cells and systems
  • 7.1. The basics of PV economics
  • 7.2. Estimated solar module cost
  • 7.3. Economics of photovoltaic systems
  • 7.4. Economics of solar energy in the world economy
  • 7.5. Conclusions and further study
  • Appendix
  • A basic solar energy library for the optical specialist
  • Index.

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