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List of Symbols and Terms | ix | |
Preface | xv | |
Chapter 1 | Introduction to Solar Cells | 1 |
1.1 | Philosophy of the Text | 1 |
1.2 | Renewable Energy and Photovoltaics Background | 2 |
1.3 | What is a Solar Cell? | 4 |
1.4 | Solar Cell Modules | 10 |
Chapter 2 | Absorbing Solar Energy | 15 |
2.1 | Air Mass and the Solar Spectrum | 15 |
2.2 | Optical Properties of Solar-Cell Materials | 19 |
2.2.1 | Absorptivity | 19 |
2.2.2 | Absorption coefficient | 20 |
2.2.3 | Solar cell bandgap | 23 |
2.2.4 | Antireflection coatings | 26 |
2.2.5 | Thickness determination | 29 |
2.2.6 | Predicting absorptivity | 30 |
2.3 | Photoluminescence | 32 |
Chapter 3 | Solar Cell Equations | 37 |
3.1 | PV Device Characteristics | 37 |
3.2 | Quantum Efficiency for Current Collection | 41 |
3.3 | Lifetime, Diffusion Length, and Electron Concentrations | 46 |
3.4 | The Transport Equation and Current Extraction | 44 |
Chapter 4 | Photoelectrochemistry | 51 |
4.1 | Basic Photoelectrochemistry | 51 |
4.2 | The Dye-sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cell | 51 |
Chapter 5 | Generalized Model of a Solar Converter | 57 |
5.1 | General Thermodynamics of Light Conversion | 57 |
5.2 | Detailed Balance: The Generalized Planck Equation | 59 |
5.3 | The Luminescent Output | 65 |
5.4 | The Relationship Between Voltage and Luminescence Efficiency | 66 |
5.5 | Current-Voltage Characteristics and Luminescence | 67 |
Chapter 6 | Concentrators of Light | 71 |
6.1 | The Thermodynamic Limits of Light Concentrators | 71 |
6.2 | Geometrical Optics | 71 |
6.2.1 | General theory and sine brightness law | 71 |
6.2.2 | Examples of ideal geometric concentrators | 73 |
6.3 | Active Concentrators (Luminescent Systems) | 77 |
6.3.1 | Theory of luminescent systems | 77 |
6.4 | Light Enhancement in the Environment | 78 |
Chapter 7 | Economics of Photovoltaic Cells and Systems | 81 |
7.1 | The Basics of PV Economics | 81 |
7.2 | Estimated Solar Module Cost | 82 |
7.3 | Economics of Photovoltaic Systems | 83 |
7.4 | Economics of Solar Energy in the World Economy | 85 |
7.5 | Conclusions and Further Study | 90 |
Appendix | 91 | |
A Basic Solar Energy Library for the Optical Specialist | 93 | |
Index | 97 |
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