Energy Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cells

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kita, Takashi (Συγγραφέας, 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)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Green Energy and Technology,
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The solar cell and the electrochemical cell
• Photons from the Sun
• "Graphical solution" for the solar cell conversion efficiency in the completely ideal case
• Influences of carrier generation and recombination on the solar cell conversion efficiency
• The conversion efficiency of a solar cell as determined by the detailed balance model
• Actual calculation of solar cell efficiencies
• Application limits for the ideal conditions
• Fundamentals of semiconductors.