Overview
- Environmental-friendly energy production is widely based on solar energy
- The concept "3rd generations solar cells" promises to increase the efficiency of solar cells and lower the costs for solar energy
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Photonics (PHOTONICS, volume 12)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Photovoltaics, the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity, is now the fastest growing technology for electricity generation. Present "first generation" products use the same silicon wafers as in microelectronics. "Second generation" thin-films, now entering the market, have the potential to greatly improve the economics by eliminating material costs. Martin Green, one of the world’s foremost photovoltaic researchers, argues in this book that "second generation" photovoltaics will eventually reach its own material cost constraints, engendering a "third generation" of high performance thin-films. The book explores, self-consistently, the energy conversion potential of advanced approaches for improving photovoltaic performance and outlines possible implementation paths.
Reviews
"Martin A. Green of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, is arguably the most renowned scientist in the field of photovoltaics … The book is well written, covers all the important concepts, and gives the right references. Green manages to keep the reader’s attention in spite of some arduous derivations … Third Generation Photovoltaics will be invaluable as a reference for anyone involved in long-term photovoltaics research and useful as textbook for courses on advanced solar energy conversion." MATERIALS TODAY
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Third Generation Photovoltaics
Book Subtitle: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion
Authors: M. A. Green
Series Title: Springer Series in Photonics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b137807
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40137-7Published: 11 July 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-26562-7Published: 06 December 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26563-4Published: 05 September 2006
Series ISSN: 1437-0379
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 160
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Optical and Electronic Materials, Engineering, general, Condensed Matter Physics