Next Generation of Photovoltaics New Concepts /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cristóbal López, Ana Belén (Editor), Martí Vega, Antonio (Editor), Luque López, Antonio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 165
• Subjects: Physics.; Renewable energy resources.; Condensed matter.; Electric power production.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Energy Technology.; Condensed Matter Physics.

This book presents new concepts for a next generation of PV. Among these concepts are: Multijunction solar cells, multiple excitation solar cells (or how to take benefit of high energy photons for the creation of more than one electron hole-pair), intermediate band solar cells (or how to take advant...