Photovoltaics Beyond Silicon: Innovative Materials, Sustainable Processing Technologies and Novel Device Structures

ISBN-13: 9780323901888 / Angielski

Senthilarasu Sundaram; Velumani Subramaniam; Ryne P. Raffaelle

Opis

Photovoltaics Beyond Silicon: Innovative Materials, Sustainable Processing Technologies, and Novel Device Structures presents the latest innovations in materials, processing and devices to produce electricity via advanced, sustainable photovoltaics technologies. The book provides an overview of the novel materials and device architectures that have been developed to optimize energy conversion efficiencies and minimize environmental impacts. Advances in technologies for harnessing solar energy are extensively discussed, with topics including materials processing, device fabrication, sustainability of materials and manufacturing, and the current state-of-the-art. Contributions from leading international experts discuss the applications, challenges and future prospects of research in this increasingly vital field, providing a valuable resource for students and researchers working in this area.

Spis treści

Section I: Introduction to Photovoltaics 1. Introduction to Photovoltaics, fundamental concepts and different device structures 2. A22Sustainable PV technologies - materials, market, avenues and applications Section II: Advanced Chalcogenide Systems 3. CIS, CIGS, CZTS based thin film photovoltaics 4. CdTe CdSeTe, based thin film solar cells 5. Sustainable Solution-processed solar cells based on environment friendly SbS, CuSbS, AgBiS2 nanocrystals 6. Photovoltaics for space application including GaAs, InGaAs Section III Organic and dye sensitized Photovoltaics 7. Introduction, overview, innovation and market for Third generation Photovoltaics 8. Advancements in dyes, molecular dynamics towards efficiency and stability of the Dye sensitised solar cells 9. Novel Metal oxides, Electrolytes and counter electrodes for Dye Sensitized Solar 10. Solid-State Organic Photovoltaics: p-n Homojunction, p-i--n Junction, Molecular and Polymeric Devices A Review of Molecular and Polymeric Devices Section IV: Hybrid Photovoltaic systems 11. Advancements in hybrid PV systems - Stability improvement, sustainability and materials design 12. Efficient HTM for Perovskite solar cells 13. Enhancement in lifespan of halide perovskite solar cells 14. Modelling and Simulation of Exciton-Dissociation and Charge-Recombination Section V: Nano technology and quantum dot solar cells 15. Nanotechnology-Enabled Low-Cost Materials for Solar Energy Applications, 16. Rare Earth Ions Doped Down-conversion Materials for Third Generation Photovoltaic Cells 17. Advancements in quantum dot solar cell materials and device structures Section VI: Tandem and Multi-Junction Devices structured photovoltaics 18. Introduction, device structures, market needs for Tandem structured devices 19. Advancements in CIGS/dye sensitised solar cells tandem structures 20. Perovksite materials based tandem structures and their advancements 21. Concentrating and multi junction PV structures