Handbook Of Photovoltaic Science And Engineering Incorporates The Most Recent Technological Advances And Research Developments In Photovoltaics. All Topics Relating To The Photovoltaic (pv) Industry Are Discussed And Each Chapter Has Been Written By An Internationally-known Expert In The Field. Detailed Treatment Covers: Scientific Basis Of The Photovoltaic Effect And Solar Cell Operation The Production Of Solar Silicon And Of Silicon-based Solar Cells And Modules The Science And Technology Of Up-and-coming Thin Film Pv Technologies How Choice Of Semiconductor Materials And Their Production In. Status, Trends, Challenges And The Bright Future Of Solar Electricity From Photovoltaics / Steven S. Hegedus And Antonio Luque -- Motivation For Photovoltaic Application And Development / Joachim Luther -- The Physics Of The Solar Cell / Jeffrey L. Gray -- Theoretical Limits Of Photovoltaic Conversion / Antonio Luque And Antonio MartΓ -- Solar Grade Silicon Feedstock / Bruno Ceccaroli And Otto Lohne -- Bulk Crystal Growth And Wafering For Pv / W. Koch [and Others] -- Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells And Modules / Ignacio TobΓas, Carlos Del CaΓ±izo, And JesΓΊs Alonso -- Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells / Bhushan Sopori -- High-efficiency Iii-v Multijunction Solar Cells / J.m. Olson, D.j. Friedman, And Sarah Kurtz -- Space Solar Cells And Arrays / Sheila Bailey And Ryne Raffaelle -- Photovoltaic Concentrators / Richard M. Swanson -- Amorphous Silicon-based Solar Cells / Xunming Deng And Eric A. Schiff -- Cu(ingase2) Solar Cells / William N. Shafarman And Lars Stolt -- Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells / Brian E. Mccandless And James R. Sites -- Dye-sensitized Solar Cells / Kohjiro Hara And Hironori Arakawa -- Measurement And Characterization Of Solar Cells And Modules / Keith Emery -- Photovoltaic Systems / Klaus Preiser -- Electrochemical Storage For Photovoltaics / Dirk Uwe Sauer -- Power Conditioning For Photovoltaic Power Systems / JΓΌrgen Schmid And Heribert Schmidt -- Energy Collected And Delivered By Pv Modules / Eduardo Lorenzo -- Economic Analysis And Environmental Aspects Of Photovoltaic Systems / Richard A. Whisnant, Stephen A. Johnston, And James H. Hutchby -- Pv In Architecture / Tjerk H. Reijenga -- Photovoltaics And Development / Jorge M. Huacuz And Lalith. Gunaratne -- Financing Pv Growth / Michael T. Eckhart, Jack L. Stone, And Keith Rutledge. Edited By Antonio Luque And Steven Hegedus. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.