{"product_id":"photovoltaic-solar-energy-isbn-9781118927465","title":"Photovoltaic Solar Energy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhotovoltaic Solar Energy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Fundamentals to Applications\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContemporary overview of photovoltaic (PV) technology innovations from materials to modules and grid integration\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolar PV is now the third most important renewable energy source, after hydro and wind power, in terms of global installed capacity. Bringing together the expertise of international PV specialists \u003ci\u003ePhotovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Applications \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of existing PV technologies in conjunction with an assessment of technological developments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by leading Specialists active in current developments in material sciences, solar cell research and application-driven R\u0026amp;D.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a basic knowledge base in light, photons and solar irradiance and basic functional principles of PV.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers characterization techniques, economics and applications of PV such as silicon, thin-film and hybrid solar cells.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a Compendium PV technologies including: crystalline silicon technologies; chalcogenide thin film solar cells; thin-film silicon-based PV technologies; organic PV and III-Vs; PV concentrator technologies; space technologies and economics, life-cycle and user aspects of PV technologies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter presents basic principles and formulas as well as major technological developments in a contemporary context with a look at future developments in this rapidly changing field of science and engineering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeal for Industrial engineers and scientists beginning a career in PV as well as graduate students undertaking PV research, and high-level undergraduate students. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xxxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xxxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Introduction to Photovoltaics 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngèle Reinders, Wilfried van Sark, and Pierre Verlinden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Basic Functional Principles of Photovoltaics 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Semiconductor Materials and their Properties 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngèle Reinders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Doping, Diffusion, and Defects in Solar Cells 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePierre J. Verlinden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Absorption and Generation 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeth Hubbard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Recombination 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeth Hubbard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Carrier Transport 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeth Hubbard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 PN Junctions and the Diode Equation 54\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeth Hubbard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Crystalline Silicon Technologies 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Silicon Materials: Electrical and Optical Properties 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndreas Fell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Silicon Solar Cell Device Structures 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Blakers and Ngwe Zin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Interdigitated Back Contact Solar Cells 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePierre Verlinden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilfried van Sark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Surface Passivation and Emitter Recombination Parameters 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBram Hoex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Passivated Contacts 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Hermle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Light Management in Silicon Solar Cells 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZachary Holman and Mathieu Boccard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Numerical Simulation of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells 150\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePietro Altermatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Advanced Concepts 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four Chalcogenide Thin Film Solar Cells 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Basics of Chalcogenide Thin Film Solar Cells 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusanne Siebentritt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Cu(In,Ga)Se\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e and CdTe Absorber Materials and their Properties 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSylvain Marsillac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Contacts, Buffers, Substrates, and Interfaces 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNegar Naghavi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 CIGS Module Design and Manufacturing 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Shafarman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Five Thin Film Silicon‐Based PV Technologies 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEtienne Moulin, Jan‐Willem Schüttauf, and Christophe Ballif\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells on Glass 226\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOnno Gabriel, Daniel Amkreutz, Jan Haschke, Bernd Rech, and Rutger Schlatmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Light Management in Crystalline and Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells 238\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFranz Haug\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 New Future Concepts 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan‐Willem Schüttauf, Etienne Moulin, and Christophe Ballif\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Six Organic Photovoltaics 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Solid‐State Organic Photovoltaics 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBernard Kippelen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Hybrid and Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells 267\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWoojun Yoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Perovskite Solar Cells 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSamuel D. Stranks and Henry J. Snaith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Organic PV Module Design and Manufacturing 292\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVeronique S. Gevaerts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Seven Characterization and Measurements Methods 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Methods and Instruments for the Characterization of Solar Cells 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHalden Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence Characterization in Silicon Photovoltaics 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThorsten Trupke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Measurement of Carrier Lifetime, Surface Recombination Velocity, and Emitter Recombination Parameters 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenner Kampwerth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 In‐situ Measurements, Process Control, and Defect Monitoring 350\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngus Rockett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 PV Module Performance Testing and Standards 362\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey S. Kinsey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Eight III‐Vs and PV Concentrator Technologies 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 III‐V Solar Cells – Materials, Multi‐Junction Cells – Cell Design and Performance 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrank Dimroth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 New and Future III‐V Cells and Concepts 383\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Fafard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 High Concentration PV Systems 396\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKarin Hinzer, Christopher E. Valdivia, and John P.D. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Operation of CPV Power Plants: Energy Prediction 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey S. Kinsey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 The Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC) 420\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Debije\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Nine Space Technologies 431\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Materials, Cell Structures, and Radiation Effects 433\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRob Walters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Space PV Systems and Flight Demonstrations 444\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhillip Jenkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 A Vision on Future Developments in Space Photovoltaics 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Wilt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1 Current Status and Near‐Term Challenges\/Opportunities 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Ten PV Modules and Manufacturing 463\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Manufacturing of Various PV Technologies 465\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison Lennon and Rhett Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Encapsulant Materials for PV Modules 478\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Kempe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Reliability and Durability of PV Modules 491\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Kurtz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Advanced Module Concepts 502\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePierre Verlinden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Eleven PV Systems and Applications 511\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Grid-Connected PV Systems 513\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg J. Ball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Inverters, Power Optimizers, and Microinverters 530\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Deline\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Stand-Alone and Hybrid PV Systems 539\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthias Vetter and Georg Bopp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 PV System Monitoring and Characterization 553\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilfried van Sark, Atse Louwen, Odysseas Tsafarakis, and Panos Moraitis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Energy Prediction and System Modeling 564\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoshua S. Stein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Building Integrated Photovoltaics 579\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichiel Ritzen, Zeger Vroon, and Chris Geurts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Product Integrated Photovoltaics 590\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngèle Reinders and Georgia Apostolou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Twelve PV Deployment in Distribution Grids 601\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 PV Systems in Smart Energy Homes: PowerMatching City 603\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlbert van den Noort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 New Future Solutions: Best Practices from European PV Smart Grid Projects 612\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGianluca Fulli and Flavia Gangale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Thirteen Supporting Methods and Tools 621\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 The Economics of PV Systems 623\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 People’s Involvement in Residential PV and their Experiences 634\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara van Mierlo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaics 646\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVasilis Fthenakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 List of International Standards Related to PV 658\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePierre Verlinden and Wilfried van Sark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 672\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANGÈLE REINDERS,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePIERRE VERLINDEN,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrina Solar, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILFRIED VAN SARK,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCopernicus Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALEXANDRE FREUNDLICH,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Houston, Texas, USA\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhotovoltaic Solar Energy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Fundamentals to Applications\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContemporary overview of photovoltaic (PV) technology innovations from materials to modules and grid integration\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolar PV is now the third most important renewable energy source, after hydro and wind power, in terms of global installed capacity. 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