Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells (Google eBook)

Rolf Brendel

John Wiley & Sons, Feb 15, 2011 - Science - 306 pages

This introduction to the physics of silicon solar cells focuses on thin cells, while reviewing and discussing the current status of the important technology. An analysis of the spectral quantum efficiency of thin solar cells is given as well as a full set of analytical models. This is the first comprehensive treatment of light trapping techniques for the enhancement of the optical absorption in thin silicon films.

Contents

• 2 PHYSICAL LOSS MECHANISMS: 11
• 3 ADVANCE D QUANTUM EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS: 53
• 4 TECHNOLOGICA L APPROACHE S TO THINFILM CELLS: 91
• 5 WAFFLE CELLS FROM THE POROUS SI PSI PROCESS: 121
• 6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS: 157
• APPENDICES: 181
• REFERENCES: 259
• INDEX: 285

About the author

Rolf Brendel studied Physics and Mathematics in Freiburg, Brighton (UK), and Heidelberg. After his Ph.D. in materials science at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg he worked for five years with the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. He is the head of the division for Thermosensorics and Photovoltaics at the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern) and teaches Physics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
• Author: Rolf Brendel
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011
• ISBN: 3527635068, 9783527635061
• Length: 306 pages
• Subjects: Science / Physics / Condensed Matter