Present solar cells have a lower cost, higher efficiency and longer lifetime than those produced 10 years ago. In this comprehensive resource, international authorities discuss recent advances in solar cell research which have enhanced the capabilities of solar cells in applications running the gamut from space power to miniature devices.
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"In this updated edition, feed-in tariffs are identified as the most effective approach for public policy. Reasons are provided to explain why pin solar cells outperform more traditional pn solar cells. Field test data are reported for nineteen percent pin solar cells and for -500X concentrating systems with bare cell efficiencies approaching forty percent." (Global Print Monitor, 26 November 2010)
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Present solar cells have a lower cost, higher efficiency and longer lifetime than those produced 10 years ago. In this comprehensive resource, international authorities discuss recent advances in solar cell research which have enhanced the capabilities of solar cells in applications running the gamut from space power to miniature devices.
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This book provides two important services. It is an excellent, thorough and authoritative analysis of the physics and engineering of solar cells, a reference work that should be on the bookshelves of any who write about or work on alternative energy. If you want to understand how photocells work and the advantages and disadvantages of different types, this is the place to find out. In addition, this well-written and very clear book lays out important policy implications, crucial to deciding how investments in research, development, and installation of solar energy will best be done. Should the future be thin films or crystalline cells? Should investments focus on energy efficiency of the cells or on the costs of installation, on both, or on something entirely different? Along with such specific policy recommendations, the book discusses strategic implications of current knowledge and development of solar energy. For example, one chapter ends with the statement that "it is no longer a question whether this new energy source transition will occur. It is only a question of who will lead the process and who will reap the most benefits." How to lead this process is what a reader learns from the book.
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The origin of solar cells can be traced back to 1839 and Becquerel's discovery of a photovoltage when light was shown on an electrode in an electrolyte solution (Fahrenbruch and Bube, 1983). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The origin of solar cells can be traced back to 1839 and Becquerel's discovery of a photovoltage when light was shown on an electrode in an electrolyte solution (Fahrenbruch and Bube, 1983). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one sun modules, multicrystalline cells, bulk power generation, junction band gap, one sun cells, silicon wafer cells, point contact solar cell, terrestrial efficiency, concentrator cells, cell band gap, differing band gaps, multicrystalline material, point contact cell, secondary optical element, terrestrial modules, concentrator modules, solar radiation resources, space solar arrays, contact solar cells, radiation data base, solar cell modules, cell series resistance, global spectra, maximum power voltage, grid shadowing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Photovoltaic Specialists Conf, United States, Solar Energy Conf, Sandia National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Palo Alto, John Wiley, Department of Energy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Solar Energy Research Institute, Academic Press, Pacific Gas, Strategies Unlimited, Carrisa Plains, Las Vegas, Siemens Solar, Electronic Device, Kluwer Academic, Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Energy Conversion Conf, Lewis Research Center, Cape Canaveral, Electric Power Research Institute, Electron Devices New!
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- Current Topics in Photovoltaics, Volume 1 (v. 1) by T. J. Coutts on 4 pages
- Physics of Semiconductor Devices by Simon M. Sze on page 51, page 209, and page 387
- Semiconductor Devices: Solutions Manual: Physics and Technology by Simon M. Sze on page 51, page 209, and page 387
- Solar Energy by Alan Major on page 205, and page 207
- High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells (Materials Science Surveys) by Martin A. Green on page 77, and page 96
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- Photovoltaics Guide Book for Decision Makers by Achim Bubenzer on page 240, and Back Matter
- Modern Semiconductor Device Physics by Simon M. Sze on page 529, and page 530
- Solar Cells: Materials, Manufacture and Operation by Tom Markvart on page 366, and page 367
- Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication Links: Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Ionospheric (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering) by Nathan Blaunstein in Back Matter
- Polymers, Phosphors, and Voltaics for Radioisotope Microbatteries by Kenneth E. Bower on page 362
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