Rational design of solar cells for effic
β Pandikumar, Alagarsamy; Ramaraj, Ramasamy
π Library
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2018
π John Wiley & Sons
π English
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Energy Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cells
β Scribed by Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 211
- Series
- Green Energy and Technology
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book offers a concise primer on energy conversion efficiency and the Shockley-Queisser limit in single p-n junction solar cells. It covers all the important fundamental physics necessary to understand the conversion efficiency, which is indispensable in studying, investigating, analyzing, and designing solar cells in practice. As such it is valuable as a supplementary text for courses on photovoltaics, and bridges the gap between advanced topics in solar cell device engineering and the fundamental physics covered in undergraduate courses.
The book first introduces the principles and features of solar cells compared to those of chemical batteries, and reviews photons, statistics and radiation as the physics of the source energy. Based on these foundations, it clarifies the conversion efficiency of a single p-n junction solar cell and discusses the Shockley-Queisser limit. Furthermore, it looks into various concepts of solar cells for breaking through the efficiency limit given in the single junction solar cell and presents feasible theoretical predictions. To round out readersβ knowledge of p-n junctions, the final chapter also reviews the essential semiconductor physics.
The foundation of solar cell physics and engineering provided here is a valuable resource for readers with no background in solar cells, such as upper undergraduate and master students. At the same time, the deep insights provided allow readers to step seamlessly into other advanced books and their own research topics.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
The Solar Cell and the Electrochemical Cell (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 1-13
Photons from the Sun (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 15-24
βGraphical Solutionβ for the Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency in the Completely Ideal Case (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 25-42
Influences of Carrier Generation and Recombination on the Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 43-54
The Conversion Efficiency of a Solar Cell as Determined by the Detailed Balance Model (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 55-79
Actual Calculation of Solar Cell Efficiencies (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 81-137
Application Limits for the Ideal Conditions (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 139-156
Fundamentals of Semiconductors (Takashi Kita, Yukihiro Harada, Shigeo Asahi)....Pages 157-202
β¦ Subjects
Energy; Energy Efficiency; Semiconductors; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks; Energy Materials; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films
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