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Harnessing Solar Power

The Photovoltaics Challenge

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Electricity without Pollution

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 1-9
  3. What is Photovoltaics?

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 11-25
  4. PV Costs

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 27-53
  5. How PV Devices Work

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 55-73
  6. Device Parameters

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 75-99
  7. Silicon Cells

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 101-111
  8. Silicon Cells

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 113-127
  9. Thin Films

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 129-142
  10. Amorphous Silicon

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 143-159
  11. CIS

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 161-180
  12. Cadmium Telluride

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 181-198
  13. Concentrators

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 199-217
  14. Sunlight

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 219-233
  15. Today’s Market for PV

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 235-251
  16. The Future

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 275-289
  17. The Future

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 291-301
  18. The Challenge

    • Ken Zweibel
    Pages 303-310
  19. Back Matter

    Pages 311-319

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Harnessing Solar Power

  • Book Subtitle: The Photovoltaics Challenge

  • Authors: Ken Zweibel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6110-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Ken Zweibel 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43564-5Published: 01 January 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6110-5Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 319

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied and Technical Physics

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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