Optoelectronics of solar cells /

With concerns about worldwide environmental security, global warming, and climate change due to emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, it is desirable to have a wide range of energy technologies in a nation's portfolio. Photovoltaics, or solar cells, are a viable option a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smestad, Greg P.
Autor Corporativo: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, ©2002.
Colección:SPIE monograph ; PM115.
Temas:
Solar cells.
Optics.
Cellules solaires.
Optique.
solar cells.
optics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Photovoltaics
Solar cells
PV
Concentrators
Photovoltaic cells
Clean energy
Photoelectrochemistry
Photoluminescence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ch. 1. Introduction to solar cells
  • 1.1. Philosophy of the text
  • 1.2. Renewable energy and photovoltaics background
  • 1.3. What is a solar cell?
  • 1.4. Solar cell modules
  • ch. 2 Absorbing solar energy
  • 2.1. Air mass and the solar spectrum
  • 2.2. Optical properties of solar-cell materials
  • 2.3. Photoluminescence
  • ch. 3. Solar cell equations
  • 3.1 PV device characteristics
  • 3.2. Quantum efficiency for current collection
  • 3.3. Lifetime, diffusion length, and electron concentrations
  • 3.4. The transport equation and current extraction
  • ch. 4. Photoelectrochemistry
  • 4.1. Basic photoelectrochemistry
  • 4.2. The dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cell
  • ch. 5. Generalized model of a solar converter
  • 5.1. General thermodynamics of light conversion
  • 5.2. Detailed balance : the generalized Planck equation
  • 5.3. The luminescent output
  • 5.4. The relationship between voltage and luminescence efficiency
  • 5.5. Current-voltage characteristics and luminescence
  • ch. 6. Concentrators of light
  • 6.1. The thermodynamic limits of light concentrators
  • 6.2. Geometrical optics
  • 6.3. Active concentrators (luminescent systems)
  • 6.4. Light enhancement in the environment
  • ch. 7. Economics of photovoltaic cells and systems
  • 7.1. The basics of PV economics
  • 7.2. Estimated solar module cost
  • 7.3. Economics of photovoltaic systems
  • 7.4. Economics of solar energy in the world economy
  • 7.5. Conclusions and further study
  • Appendix
  • A basic solar energy library for the optical specialist
  • Index.

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