Solar Cells Materials, Manufacture and Operation

• Other Authors: McEvoy, A. J. Augustin Joseph (edited), Castañer, Luis (edited), Markvart, T. (edited)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Waltham, MA Elsevier 2013
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Solar cells > Materials; Solar cells > Design and construction
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• Item Description: Previous ed.: 2005
• Physical Description: xii, 641 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0123869641; 9780123869647

Enormous leaps forward in the efficiency and the economy of solar cells are being made at a furious pace. New materials and manufacturing processes have opened up new realms of possibility for the application of solar cells. Crystalline silicon cells are increasingly making way for thin film cells, which are spawning experimentation with third-generation high-efficiency multijunction cells, carbon-nanotube based cells, UV light for voltage enhancement, and the use of the infrared spectrum for night-time operation, to name only a few recent advances. This thoroughly updated new edition.