Photovoltaic Solar Energy Generation

• Main Authors: Lotsch, H.K.V (Author), Goetzberger, Adolf (Author), U.Hoffmann, Volker (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rhodes, William T. (Editor), Asakura, Toshimitsu (Editor), Brenner, Karl-Heinz (Editor), Hänsch, Theodor W. (Editor), Kamiya, Takeshi (Editor), Krausz, Ferenc (Editor), Monemar, Bo (Editor), Venghaus, Herbert (Editor), Weber, Horst (Editor), Weinfurter, Harald (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 112
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Condensed matter.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Electrical engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Electrical Engineering.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

This comprehensive description and discussion of photovoltaics (PV) is presented at a level that makes it accessible to the interested academic. Starting with an historical overview, the text outlines the relevance of photovoltaics today and in the future. Then follows an introduction to the physica...