Next Generation Multilayer Graded Bandgap Solar Cells

• Main Authors: Ojo, A. A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Cranton, W. M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Dharmadasa, I. M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Energy harvesting.; Materials-Surfaces.; Thin films.; Electronic circuits.; Energy Harvesting.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.

This book will guide Photovoltaics researchers in a new way of thinking about harvesting light energy from all wavelengths of the solar spectrum. It closes the gap between general solar cells books and photovoltaics journal articles, by focusing on the latest developments in our understanding of sol...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Solar Energy and Photovoltaics
• Photovoltaic solar cells - Materials, Concepts and Devices
• Techniques utilized in materials growth, materials and device characterization
• CdS deposition and characterization
• CdTe deposition and characterization
• Solar cell fabrication and characterization
• Thought on the present and future of photovoltaic and its applications.