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...

Table of Contents:

• What Is Photovoltaics?
• Physics of Solar Cells
• Silicon Solar Cell Material and Technology
• Crystalline Thin-Film Silicon
• Other Materials, New Concepts, and Future Developments
• Solar Cells and Solar Modules
• PV Systems
• PV Systems: Installation Possibilities
• Environmental Impacts by PV Systems
• Efficiency and Performance of PV Systems
• PV Markets Support Measures and Costs
• The Future of PV
• Other (Perhaps Competing) CO2-Free Energy Sources
• Popular Killing Arguments Against PV and Why They Are Not Valid.