High-Efficiency Solar Cells Physics, Materials, and Devices [Paperback]

As part of the effort to increase the contribution of solar cells (photovoltaics) to our energy mix, this book addresses three main areas: making existing technology cheaper, promoting advanced technologies based on new architectural designs, and developing new materials to serve as light absorbers. Leading scientists throughout the world create a fundamental platform for knowledge sharing that combines the physics, materials, and device architectures of high-efficiency solar cells. While providing a comprehensive introduction to the field, the book highlights directions for further research, and is intended to stimulate readers interest in the development of novel materials and technologies for solar energy applications.This book creates a platform for knowledge sharing and dissemination of research on making current photovoltaic technology cheaper, creating advanced technologies based on new architectural designs, and developing new materials to serve as light absorbers.

Preface

Chapter 1: High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells  Materials and Devices Physics
Chapter 2: Luminescent Study of Recombination Processes in the Single-Crystal Silicon and Silicon Structures Fabricated Using High-Efficiency Solar Cells Technology
Chapter 3: Emerging PV nanomaterials: capabilities versus recombination losses
Chapter 4: Chalcopyrite quantum wells and dots in solar-cell applications
Chapter 5: Nanostructured Silicon-Based Photovoltaic Cells
Chapter 6: High band gap silicon nanocrystal solar cells: Device fabrication, characterization and modeling
Chapter 7: Thiophene-based copolymers synthesized by electropolymerization for application as hole transport layer in organic photovoltaics cells
Chapter 8: Molecular engineering of efficient dyes for p-type semiconductor sensitization
Chapter 9: Dye-Doped Polysiloxane Rubbers for Luminescent Solar Concentrator Systems
Chapter 10:lC†