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1 online resource (1341 pages) |
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Front Cover; McEvoy's Handbook of Photovoltaics; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Biography; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; I-1 Solar Cells; I-1-A Principles of Solar Cell Operation; 1 Introduction; 2 Electrical Characteristics; 2.1 The ideal solar cell; 2.2 Solar cell characteristics in practice; 2.3 The quantum efficiency and spectral response; 3 Optical Properties; 3.1 The antireflection coating; 3.2 Light trapping; 4 Typical Solar Cell Structures; 4.1 The p-n junction solar cell; 4.1.1 The p-n junction |
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4.1.2 Uniform emitter and base4.1.3 Diffused emitter; 4.2 Heterojunction cells; 4.3 The p-i-n structure; 4.4 Series resistance; References; I-1-B Semiconductor Materials and Modeling; 1 Introduction; 2 Semiconductor Band Structure; 3 Carrier Statistics in Semiconductors; 4 The Transport Equations; 5 Carrier Mobility; 6 Carrier Generation by Optical Absorption; 6.1 Band-to-band transitions; 6.2 Free-carrier absorption; 7 Recombination; 7.1 Bulk recombination processes; 7.2 Surface recombination; 7.3 Minority-carrier lifetime; 8 Radiation Damage; 9 Heavy Doping Effects |
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10 Properties of Hydrogenated Amorphous SiliconAcknowledgments; References; Further Reading; I-1-C Ideal Efficiencies; 1 Introduction; 2 Thermodynamic Efficiencies; 3 Efficiencies in Terms of Energies; 4 Efficiencies Using the Shockley Solar Cell Equation; 5 General Comments on Efficiencies; References; I-2 Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells; I-2-A Crystalline Silicon: Manufacture and Properties; 1 Introduction; 2 Characteristics of Silicon Wafers for Use in Photovoltaic Manufacturing; 2.1 Geometrical specifications; 2.2 Physical specifications; 2.3 Physical specifications; 3 Feedstock Silicon |
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4 Crystal Preparation Methods4.1 Czochrahki silicon; 4.2 Multicrystalline silicon; 4.2.1 Charge preparation; 4.2.2 Crucibles; 4.3 Electromagnetic continuous casting; 4.4 Float-zone silicon; 4.5 Nonwafer technologies; 5 Shaping and Wafering; 5.1 Shaping; 5.2 Wafering; References; I-2-B High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cell Concepts; 1 Introduction; 2 High-Efficiency Laboratory Cells; 2.1 Silicon space cell development; 2.2 High-efficiency terrestrial cells; 2.3 Rear passivated cells; 2.4 PERC design features; 2.5 Heterojunction cells; 3 Commercial Al-BSF Screen-Printed Cells; 3.1 Structure |
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3.2 Typical Al-BSF cell performance3.3 Improved screen-printing technology; 3.3.1 Improved pastes; 3.3.2 Selective emitter and multiple printing; 3.3.3 Hot-melt and stencil printing; 3.3.4 Plated seed layers; 3.4 Ag supply limitations; 4 Commercial Laser-Processed Cells; 4.1 Buried-contact cells; 4.2 Semiconductor finger solar cell; 4.3 Laser-doped, selective-emitter solar cells; 5 Commercial Heterojunction Cells; 6 Commercial Rear-Contacted Cells; 6.1 Rear-junction IBC solar cells; 6.2 Emitter wrap-through cells; 6.3 Metal wrap-through cells; 7 Bifacial Cells |
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8 Commercial Shift to High Efficiency |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Photovoltaic cells.
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Photovoltaic power generation.
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photovoltaic cells.
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Photovoltaic cells
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Photovoltaic power generation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128103975 |
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0128103973 |
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