Overview
- Examines the requirements for a terawatt-scale photovoltaic technology
- Discusses the fundamental bottlenecks for current photovoltaic technologies in becoming a notable source of energy
- Proposes several strategic research directions to remove some of these bottlenecks
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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About the author
Dr. Meng Tao is currently a Professor in The School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University, and B.S. in Metallurgy from Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy. His career includes nine years with The State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials at Zhejiang University and ten years as a professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington. His current research covers a wide range of topics in terawatt solar photovoltaics including Earth-abundant active layer and transparent electrode in thin-film solar cells; substitution of silver electrode in silicon solar cells with Earth-abundant aluminum; energy-efficient electrorefining for solar-grade silicon and silicon module recycling; high-temperature silicon power devices for renewable energy systems; and solar-powered electrolysis for solar electricity storage. His research led to the demonstration of a silicon (100) surface free of surface states, enabling record-low and record-high Schottky barriers on silicon. His research also led to the development of consistent and predictive models for the growth behaviors of many chemical vapor deposition processes. He played a critical role in the establishment of the U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium under SEMATECH in Albany, New York. Since 2006 he has been the lead organizer for the Electrochemical Society symposium series on Photovoltaics for the 21st Century.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Terawatt Solar Photovoltaics
Book Subtitle: Roadblocks and Opportunities
Authors: Meng Tao
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5643-7
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5642-0Published: 23 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-5643-7Published: 07 April 2014
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 112
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Fusion, Energy Systems