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Solar Cells and Their Applications (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering)

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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.