AvE4EvA, 2015. — VI, 388 p. — ISBN-10: 953-51-2184-7; ISBN-13: 978-953-51-2184-8.This volume is dedicated to the problems of modern photovoltaics, and provides an overview of the results of research and development of different types of solar cells.The chapters are completed by a justification for a new solar cell structure and technology. The relations between structural, thermodynamic, and optical properties of the physical material without addressing the band theory of solids are of both theoretical and practical interest. Requirements formulated for the material are also to be used for maximally efficient conversion of solar radiation into useful work.Contents
Preface
A Theoretical Description of Thin-Film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cell Performance
Theoretical Calculation of the Efficiency Limit for Solar Cells
Crystal Structures of CH3NH3PbI3 and Related Perovskite Compounds Used for Solar Cells
New Approaches to Practical High-Effective Solar Energy Conversion
Towards 50% Efficiency in Solar Cells
Solar Cell Efficiency Increase at High Solar Concentration, by Thermionic Escape via Tuned Lattice-Matched Superlattices
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy: A Powerful Experimental Technique for Understanding the Physics and Engineering of Photo-Carrier Generation, Escape, Loss and Collection Processes in Photovoltaic Materials
Inorganic–Organic Perovskite Solar Cells
The Physics of High-Efficiency Thin-Film III-V Solar Cells
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells with Nickel/Copper Contacts
Quantum Dots Solar Cells
Solar Cells with InGaN/GaN and InP/InGaAsP and InGaP/GaAs Multiple Quantum Wells
Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells — Opportunities and Challenges
