Thin Film Solar Cells: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications (Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic & Optoelectronic Applications)

Poortmans Jef. (ed.) Thin Film Solar Cells - Fabrication, Characterization and Applications [Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic & Optoelectronic Applications] 2006 [pdf 504sc 471c. 11.75mb] Thin-film solar cells are either emerging or about to emerge from the research laboratory to become commercially available devices finding practical various applications. Currently no textbook outlining the basic theoretical background, methods of fabrication and applications currently exist. Thus, this book aims to present for the first time an in-depth overview of this topic covering a broad range of thin-film solar cell technologies including both organic and inorganic materials, presented in a systematic fashion, by the scientific leaders in the respective domains. It covers a broad range of related topics, from physical principles to design, fabrication, characterization, and applications of novel photovoltaic devices. This Book Is The First Comprehensive Overview Covering The Different Thin-film Solar Cell Technologies: From The More Classical Ones (a-si:h, Cdte, Cis) To The Novel Ones Which Are Making Their Way From The Lab To Actual Production. The Book Not Only Provides The Reader With A Good Overview But Also Provides Recent Insights On Advanced Characterization, Device Modelling And Upscaling Of The Different Approaches. The Book Is Intended For Postgraduate Researchers In The Pv Domain, Industrial Researchers In The Pv Domain And Photonics Professionals.--book Jacket. Epitaxial Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells On Low Cost Silicon Carriers / Jef Poortmans -- Crystalline Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells On Foreign Substrates By High Temperature Deposition And Recrystallization / Stefan Reber, Thomas Kieliba, Sandra Bau -- Thin Film Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells / Guy Beaucarne, Abdellilah Slaoui -- Advances In Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Technologies / Evelyne Vallat-sauvain, Arvind Shah, Julien Bailat -- Advanced Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Technologies / Miro Zeman -- Chalcopyrite Based Solar Cells / Renier Klenk, Martha Ch. Lux-steiner -- Cadmium Telluride Thin Film Solar Cells : Characterization, Fabrication And Modeling / Marc Burgelman -- Charge Carrier Photogeneration In Doped And Blended Organic Semiconductors / V.i. Arkhipov, H. Bässler -- Nanocrystalline Injection Solar Cells / Michael Grätzel -- Charge Transport And Recombination In Donor-acceptor Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells / A.j. Mozer, N.s. Sariciftci -- The Terawatt Challenge For Thin Film Photovoltaics / Ken Zweibel. Epitaxial Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells On Low Cost Silicon Carriers -- Crystalling Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells On Foreign Substrates By High Temperature Deposition And Recrystallization -- Thin Film Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells -- Advances In Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Technologies -- Advanced Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Technologies -- Chalcopyrite Based Solar Cells -- Cadmium Telluride Thin Film Solar Cells: Characterization, Fabrication And Modeling -- Charge Carrier Photogeneration In Doped And Blended Organic Semiconductors -- Nanocrystalline Injection Solar Cells -- Charge Transport And Recombination In Donor-acceptor Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells -- The Terawatt Challenge For Thin Film Photovoltaics. Edited By Jef Poortmans And Vladimir Arkhipov. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Thin-film solar cells are either emerging or about to emerge from the research laboratory to become commercially available devices finding practical various applications. Currently no textbook outlining the basic theoretical background, methods of fabrication and applications currently exist. Thus, this book aims to present for the first time an in-depth overview of this topic covering a broad range of thin-film solar cell technologies including both organic and inorganic materials, presented in a systematic fashion, by the scientific leaders in the respective domains. Itcovers a broad range of related topics, from physical principles to design, fabrication, characterization, and applications of novel photovoltaic devices.

In order to substantially reduce the costs of present crystalline Si solar cells, the material consumption of highly pure Si in a typical solar cell structure should be reduced.