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This text contains the latest knowledge on the mechanisms of solar energy conversion. Requiring no more than standard physics knowledge, it enables readers to understand the factors driving conversion efficiency and to apply this knowledge to their own solar cell development.
"The new edition of this highly regarded textbook provides a detailed overview of the most important characterization techniques for solar cells and a discussion of their advantages and disadvantages. It describes in detail all aspects of solar cell function, the physics behind …
This thesis introduces a figure of merit for light trapping with photonic nanostructures and shows how different light trapping methods compare, irrespective of material, absorber thickness or type of nanostructure. It provides an overview of the essential aspects of light trapp…
Polycrystalline silicon (commonly called "polysilicon") is the material of choice for photovoltaic (PV) applications. Polysilicon is the purest synthetic material on the market, though its processing through gas purification and decomposition (commonly called "Siemens" process) …
"Energy devices with solar cells and batteries are crucial in the drive to obtain a carbon-free energy economy. Funding and commercial applications are focused on developing new materials and devices that perform required energy conversion and storage processes with high efficie…
This work provides an explanation of the operation of photovoltaic devices from a broad perspective that embraces a variety of materials concepts, from nanostructured and highly disordered organic materials, to highly efficient devices such as the lead halide perovskite solar ce…
"Energy devices with solar cells and batteries are crucial in the drive to obtain a carbon-free energy economy. Funding and commercial applications are focused on developing new materials and devices that perform required energy conversion and storage processes with high efficie…
Blackbody radiation and light -- Light absorption, carrier recombination and luminescence -- Optical transitions in organic and inorganic semiconductors -- Fundamental model of a solar cell -- Recombination current in the semiconductor diode -- Radiative equilibrium in a semicon…
The book provides an explanation of the operation of photovoltaic devices from a broad perspective that embraces a variety of materials concepts, from nanostructured and highly disordered organic materials, to highly efficient devices such as the lead halide perovskite solar cel…