This handbook is a compendium giving a comprehensive description of the basics of semiconductor physics relevant to the design and analysis of thin film solar cell materials. It starts from the basics of material science, describing the material and its growth, defect and electrical properties, the basics of its interaction with photons and the involved statistics, proceeding to space charge effects in semiconductors and pn-junctions. Most attention is given to analyze homo- and hetero-junction solar cells using various models and applying the field-of-direction analysis for discussing...

This book covers the basics of semiconductor physics in the design and analysis of thin film solar cell materials, from material science to space charge effects in semiconductors and pn-junctions. Includes tools for analyzing voltage and high-field effects.