Energy Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cells

• Main Authors: Kita, Takashi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Harada, Yukihiro (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Asahi, Shigeo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy efficiency.; Semiconductors.; Power electronics.; Materials science.; Force and energy.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Energy Efficiency.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Energy Materials.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

This book offers a concise primer on energy conversion efficiency and the Shockley-Queisser limit in single p-n junction solar cells. It covers all the important fundamental physics necessary to understand the conversion efficiency, which is indispensable in studying, investigating, analyzing, and d...