High efficient low cost photovoltaics : recent developments This book offers a bird’s eye view of the recent development trends in photovoltaics – a big business field that is rapidly growing and well on its way to maturity. The book describes current efforts to develop highly efficient low cost photovoltaic devices based on crystalline silicon III–V compounds copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and perovskite photovoltaic cells along with innovative cost competitive glass flexible tubular glass concentrator modules and systems highlighting recent attempts to develop highly efficient low cost flexible photovoltaic cells based on CIGS and perovskite thin films. This second edition presents for the first time the possible applications of perovskite modules together with Augsburger Tubular photovoltaics Preface Milestones of Solar Conversion and Photovoltaics PV as a Major Contribution of the 100% Renewably Powered World Advanced Solar Grade Silicon Material Commercial High Efficient Silicon Solar Cells Silicon Nitride and Aluminum Oxide: Two Multifunctional Dielectric Layers are Boosting Present and Future Silicon Solar Cells PERC Solar Cells Monofacial and Bifacial Industrial PERC Solar Cells III V SolarCells and Concentrator Arrays CIGS Thin Film Photovoltaic – Approaches and Challenges Perovskite PV: Rigid and Flexible High Efficient Low Cost Cells and Modules Augsburger Tubular PV Fluorescent Solar Energy Concentrators: Principle and Present State of Development