Green High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells

Erscheinungsjahr 1987
ISBN: 978-3-0357-3964-0
Verlag: Trans Tech Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

The early chapters comprehensively review the optical and transport properties of silicon. Light trapping is described in detail. Limits on the efficiency of silicon cells are discussed as well as material requirements necessary to approach these limits. The status of current approaches to passifying surfaces, contacts and bulk regions is reviewed. The final section of the book describes the most practical approaches to the fabrication of high-efficiency cells capable of meeting the efficiency targets for both concentrated and non-concentrated sunlight, including a discussion of design and processing approaches for non-crystalline silicon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Martin A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Crystal Structure, Energy Bands and Phonon Spectra
Chapter 3: Optical Properties of Silicon
Chapter 4: Generation, Recombination, Carrier Transport
Chapter 5: Light Trapping
Chapter 6: Fundamental Efficiency Limits
Chapter 7: Surface and Bulk Material Properties
Chapter 8: Evolution of Silicon Solar Cell Design
Chapter 9: Practical High Efficiency Terrestrial Cells
Chapter 10: High Performance Concentrator Solar Cells
Chapter 11: Polycrystalline and Ribbon Silicon
Chapter 12: Conclusion