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Title: |
Solar Cell Research Progress |
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| Edited by: |
Joseph A Carson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1604560304 : 9781604560305 |
| Illustrations: |
tables & charts |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
328 |
| Weight: |
.888 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - February 2008 |
| List Price: |
199.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Alternative & renewable energy sources & technolog |
| A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device that converts light energy into electrical energy. Sometimes the term solar cell is reserved for devices intended specifically to capture energy from sunlight, while the term photovoltaic cell is used when the light source is unspecified. Fundamentally, the device needs to fulfil only two functions: photogeneration of charge carriers (electrons and holes) in a light-absorbing material, and separation of the charge carriers to a conductive contact that will transmit the electricity (simply put, carrying electrons off through a metal contact into a wire or other circuit). This conversion is called the photovoltaic effect, and the field of research related to solar cells is known as photovoltaics. Solar cells have many applications. They have long been used in situations where electrical power from the grid is unavailable, such as in remote area power systems, Earth-orbiting satellites and space probes, consumer systems, e.g. handheld calculators or wrist watches, remote radiotelephones and water pumping applications. More recently, they are starting to be used in assemblies of solar modules (photovoltaic arrays) connected to the electricity grid through an inverter, often in combination with a net metering arrangement. This new book presents the latest research in the field from around the globe. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Recent Research Trends in Texturization and Light Trapping in Silicon Solar Cells; Solar and Heat Engines: Thermodynamic Distinguish As a Key to the High Efficiency Solar Cells; High-Effective Solar Energy Conversion: Thermodynamics, Crystallography and Clusters; Present and Future of High Efficiency CdTe Thin Films Solar Cells; Contribution of Surface Phototovoltage Method to Diagnostics of Materials for Solar Cells; A Candidate for Very Low Cost Solar Cells: Solar Cells Based on Low-Purity Silicon Materials; Black Cu-Ni Alloy Coatings for Solar Selective Applications: A Hull Cell Approach; New Method of Preparation of Composites Promising for the Development of Plastic Solar Cells; Index. |
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