Advances in Thin-Film Solar Cells (repost)
I M Dharmadasa, "Advances in Thin-Film Solar Cells"
2012 | ISBN: 9814316075 | 250 pages | PDF | 8 MB
2012 | ISBN: 9814316075 | 250 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This book concentrates on the latest developments in our understanding of solid-state device physics. The material presented is mainly experimental and based on CdTe thin-film solar cells. It extends these new findings to CIGS thin-film solar cells and presents a new device design based on graded bandgap multilayer solar cells.
This design has been experimentally tested using the well-researched GaAs/AlGaAs system and initial devices have shown impressive device parameters. These devices are capable of absorbing all radiation (UV, visible, and infra-red) within the solar spectrum and combines "impact ionization" and "impurity photovoltaic" effects. The improved device understanding presented in this book should impact and guide future device design and low-cost thin-film solar panel manufacture.