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Recent advances in solar cells / N.M. Ravindra, Leqi Lin, Priyanka Singh

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Ravindra, N. M. (Nuggehalli M.)
Published
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2025]
Physical Description
1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
Additional Creators
Lin, Leqi (Engineering student), Singh, Priyanka (Ph. D. in physics), and Institute of Physics (Great Britain)
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Contents
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Historical perspective -- 1.2. Solar radiation fundamentals -- 1.3. Photovoltaic effect -- 1.4. Solar cell fundamentals -- 1.5. Shockley-Queisser limit -- 1.6. Conclusions, 2. Material considerations -- 2.1. Material fundamentals -- 2.2. Amorphous silicon -- 2.3. Materials overview -- 2.4. Spectral response of material candidates for solar cells -- 2.5. Types of device structures -- 2.6. Architecture of silicon solar cells -- 2.7. Bandgap engineering -- 2.8. Conclusion, 3. Copper indium gallium diselenide, cadmium telluride and copper zinc tin sulfide based solar cells -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Influence of substrate material and substrate temperature -- 3.3. Recent results -- 3.4. Conclusions, 4. Perovskite solar cells -- 4.1. Historical perspective -- 4.2. Introduction -- 4.3. Material considerations -- 4.4. Device performance considerations -- 4.5. Material and cell degradation -- 4.6. Hysteresis in J-V characteristics -- 4.7. Conclusion, 5. Polymer solar cells -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Device structure of polymer solar cells -- 5.3. Working principle of polymer solar cells -- 5.4. Fabrication and material processing of polymer solar cells -- 5.5. Electrical & optical characterization of polymer solar cells -- 5.6. Donors and acceptors in polymer solar cells -- 5.7. Degradation of polymer solar cells -- 5.8. Conclusions, 6. Concentrator photovoltaics systems -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Concentrator photovoltaics -- 6.3. Concentrated solar power -- 6.4. Agri-photovoltaics -- 6.5. Impact on the environment -- 6.6. Conclusion, 7. Instantaneous performance measurements of PV modules -- 7.1. Equipment required for instantaneous performance testing -- 7.2. Procedure for instant performance measurements -- 7.3. Conclusion, 8. Long term performance measurements -- 8.1. Weather station system -- 8.2. Performance metrics -- 8.3. Data analysis tools and comparative analysis -- 8.4. Temperature dependence of solar cell/solar panel performance -- 8.5. Solar panel components and cost considerations -- 8.6. Standards -- 8.7. Warranties -- 8.8. Conclusion, 9. Influence of weather conditions -- 9.1. Effect of irradiance -- 9.2. Effect of humidity -- 9.3. Influence of mechanical stress -- 9.4. Influence of temperature -- 9.5. Conclusion, 10. Approaches to hotspot reduction and shade loss minimization -- 10.1. Shaded cell loss and hotspot related challenges -- 10.2. Minimization and prevention of shaded cell and hotspot loss -- 10.3. Real-world implementations -- 10.4. Conclusion, 11. Computational methods -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Illuminated current-voltage (I-V) characteristics -- 11.3. Dark current-voltage (I-V) characteristics -- 11.4. Solar cell performance parameters -- 11.5. Solar cell diode parameters -- 11.6. Spectral response (SR) -- 11.7. Quantum efficiency (QE) -- 11.8. Minority carrier lifetime (T) -- 11.9. Junction depth (xj) -- 11.10. Conclusions, 12. Tandem solar cells -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Processing of tandem solar cells -- 12.3. Device architecture of tandem solar cells -- 12.4. Tandem solar cell performance and possible bandgap combinations -- 12.5. Tandem solar cell classification -- 12.6. Conclusions, 13. Recent patents and disclosures -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Conclusions, 14. Conclusions -- 14.1. Solar cell generations -- 14.2. Global solar cell activity and highlights -- 14.3. Potential improvements in solar cell for future applications, and 15. Challenges, opportunities and future directions -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Solar panels--challenges and future directions -- 15.3. Recycling of solar panels -- 15.4. Solar panel recycling market, growth and forecast -- 15.5. Lifecycle analysis of solar panels -- 15.6. Conclusion.
Summary
The book takes a simple approach to address the evolution in photovoltaics from the material to the device to the panel. It discusses the associated challenges in the research area and the solutions to these problems from the materials, device, and systems processing and characterization perspective. The techniques that are required at each stage of the cell and panel characterization are described in detail, and the process-properties-performance correlations in solar cells are described as case studies.
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ISBN
9780750359948 ebook
9780750359931 mobi
9780750359924 print
9780750359955 myPrint
Audience Notes
Researchers, upper undergraduate students, graduate students and professionals in the photovoltaic industry.
Note
"Version: 20250301"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Other Forms
Also available in print.
Technical Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Biographical or Historical Sketch
Dr. Nuggehalli M. Ravindra (Ravi) is a Professor of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Previously, Ravi was the Chair of the Department of Physics and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science & Engineering at NJIT. A coauthor of more than 350 papers and seven books, Ravi's research interests are in the areas of education, electronic materials, devices and structures, energy storage, renewable energy, and semiconductors. Ms. Leqi Lin is a senior PhD student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Previously, Leqi obtained her Master's degree in civil and environmental engineering at NJIT and mechanical engineering at State University of New York - Buffalo. Leqi is a coauthor of more than 12 papers in the areas of devices and structures, semiconductors, pharmaceutical manufacturing and machine learning. Dr. Priyanka Singh has been associated with the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India. Previously, she worked as a Research Scientist, with Professor N M Ravindra, in the Department of Physics at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Priyanka is a coauthor of more than 13 papers in the field of solar cells and semiconductors.
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