Solar energy
Subtitle: the physics and engineering of photovoltaic conversion, technologies and systems
By: Arno HM Smets, Klaus Jäger, Olindo Isabella, René ACMM van Swaaij, Miro Zeman
Contributors: Jäger, Klaus, author; Isabella, Olindo, author; Swaaij, René ACMM van, author; Zeman, Miro, 1957- author
Publisher: Uit Cambridge Ltd.; UIT Cambridge Ltd.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9781906860325
Subjects: Solar energy; Solar thermal energy; Energy development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-452) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Energy; title: Status and prospects of PV technology; title: The working principle of a solar cell; title: PV fundamentals. Electrodynamic basics; title: Solar radiation; title: Basic semiconductor physics; title: Generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs; title: Semiconductor junctions; title: Solar cell parameters and equivalent circuit; title: Losses and efficiency limits; title: PV technology. A short history of solar cells; title: Crystalline silicon solar cells; title: Thin-film solar cells; title: A closer look to some processes; title: PV modules; title: Third generation concepts; title: PV systems. Introduction to PV systems; title: Location issues; title: Components of PV systems; title: PV system design; title: PV system economics and ecology; title: Alternative solar energy conversion technologies. Solar thermal energy; title: Solar fuels; title: Appendix. A : Derivations in electrodynamics; title: B : Derivation of homojunction J-V curves; title: C : Some aspects of surface recombination; title: D : The morphology of selected TCO samples; title: E : Some aspects on location issues; title: F : Derivations for DC-DC converters; title: G : Fluid-dynamic model.