Solar Cells
Research and Application Perspectives
Over the last decade, photovoltaic (PV) technology has shown the
potential to become a major source of power generation for the world -
with robust and continuous growth even during times of financial and
economic crisis. That growth is expected to continue in the years ahead
as worldwide awareness of the advantages of PV increases. However, cost
remains as the greatest barrier to further expansion of PV-generated
power, and therefore cost reduction is the prime goal of the PV and
solar cell investigation. This book intends to contribute to such a
purpose by covering a wide range of modern research topics in the solar
cell physics and technology fields. The already established -1st
generation- silicon solar cell technology, the 2nd generation thin film
and the 3rd generation dye sensitized solar cells, including new
technologies with very high perspectives for reducing the cost of solar
electricity such as CZTS, organic polymer and tandem solar cells based
on III-V compounds -under concentrated sunlight- are studied in this
book by experts in the field from around the world. At the end, two
chapters are also dedicated to the systems engineering, providing a
complete PV energy research and application perspectives panorama
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