This book deals with existing technologies of solar energy conversion as well as novel methods under consideration in academic and commercial R&D sites. The experimental results presented in the work are well crafted by both analytical and first-principle numerical simulations. The book highlights the real potential for economically justified use of solar energy at every household and/or commercial solar farms. The ever-improving methods of thin-film epitaxial growth combined with a better understanding of the sun light absorption and antireflection are highlighted. While there was a period when the material quality was considered to be cornerstone of the conversion efficiency followed by substantial efforts to optimize multiple-cell architecture, it became clear that many old ideas such as variable band gap, multi-junction intrinsic region, as well as solar tracking mechanisms offer new possibilities for improved harvesting of energy. Amplifying the importance of materials selection efficient design of the photo-voltaic elements various aspects of the production cost and the impact on the environment are discussed. In addition, the eligibility of the proposed production technologies in the current photovoltaic market are evaluated and confirmed.
Author(s): Samson Mil'shtein, Dhawal Asthana
Series: SpringerBriefs in Materials
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 57
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
1 Design of Heterojunction Cascaded Solar Cells
1.1 Electricity Generation by Clean Energy Sources
1.2 Hours of PV Operation Daily. Solar Cells with Corrugated Top
1.3 Proposed Fabrication Steps for a-Si/c-Si Cascaded Solar Cell
1.4 Low-Cost Heterostructure p-i-i-n CdS/CdSe (Cascaded) Solar Cell
1.4.1 Economic Evaluation of CdS/CdSe p-i-i-n Cascaded Solar Cell
1.5 The Number of Intrinsic Regions in Cascaded Solar Cell is Limited
References
2 Design of Heterostructure Solar Cell Using Non-crystalline a-Si/poly-Si
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Modeling and Design
2.3 Results of Simulation
2.4 Conclusion
References
3 Enhanced Energy Production by Corrugated Si Solar Sells Installed on Tracking/Anti-tracking Systems
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Design of Corrugation and Anti-reflection Coating
3.2.1 Design of Corrugation Profile
3.3 Results and Discussion
3.4 Summary of Design and Analysis of Different Types of Corrugated Solar Cells
3.5 Dual Axis Tracking and Anti-tracking Technology
3.6 Comparison of Single Axis and Dual Axis Tracking Systems
3.7 Modeling and Design of Tracking/Anti-tracking System
3.8 Controller-Based Anti-tracking Algorithm
3.9 Modeling of the Up-Scaled System
3.10 Combination of ARC Lined Solar Panels with Single Axis Tracking
3.11 Economic Assessment of Combination of ARC Lined Solar Panels with Single Axis Tracking
3.12 Conclusion
References
Index
