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Solar Cells

From Materials to Device Technology

  • Covers both theoretical and practical aspects of solar cells with special emphasis on the physics of solar cells
  • Reports on the latest advances in and findings on solar cells, from materials fabrication to device technologies
  • Places special emphasis on space applications employing radiation-tolerant solar cells

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Synthesis and Processing of Nanomaterials

    • Muhammad Yasin Naz, Shazia Shukrullah, Abdul Ghaffar, Khuram Ali, S. K. Sharma
    Pages 1-23
  3. Perspective of Nanomaterials in the Performance of Solar Cells

    • Hafiz Muhammad Asif Javed, Wenxiu Que, Muhammad Raza Ahmad, Khuram Ali, M. Irfan Ahmad, Anam ul Haq et al.
    Pages 25-54
  4. Materials for Solar Cell Applications: An Overview of TiO2, ZnO, Upconverting Organic and Polymer-Based Solar Cells

    • Navadeep Shrivastava, Helliomar Barbosa, Khuram Ali, S. K. Sharma
    Pages 55-78
  5. Recent Advances in Solar Cells

    • Marcio A. P. Almeida
    Pages 79-122
  6. Photovoltaic Materials Design by Computational Studies: Metal Sulfides

    • Edan Bainglass, Sajib K. Barman, Muhammad N. Huda
    Pages 123-138
  7. Photovoltaic-Based Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Characterization

    • Kanwal Akhtar, Naveed Akhtar Shad, M. Munir Sajid, Yasir Javed, Muhammad Asif, Khuram Ali et al.
    Pages 139-158
  8. Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Application in Solar Cells

    • Shazia Shukrullah, Muhammad Yasin Naz, Khuram Ali, S. K. Sharma
    Pages 159-184
  9. Basic Concepts, Engineering, and Advances in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    • Mohan Chandra Mathpal, Promod Kumar, F. H. Aragón, Maria A. G. Soler, H. C. Swart
    Pages 185-233
  10. Quantum Dot Solar Cells

    • Hafeez Anwar, Iram Arif, Uswa Javeed, Huma Mushtaq, Khuram Ali, S. K. Sharma
    Pages 235-258
  11. Effect of Oxygen Vacancies in Electron Transport Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells

    • Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Noh, Nurul Affiqah Arzaee, Mohd Asri Mat Teridi
    Pages 283-305
  12. Solar Cells and Optoelectronic Devices in Space

    • Khuram Ali, Syedda Shaher Bano, Hasan M. Khan, S. K. Sharma
    Pages 307-323
  13. Multi-junction (III–V) Solar Cells: From Basics to Advanced Materials Choices

    • Khuram Ali, Afifa Khalid, Muhammad Raza Ahmad, Hasan M. Khan, Irshad Ali, S. K. Sharma
    Pages 325-350

About this book

This book addresses the rapidly developing class of solar cell materials and designed to provide much needed information on the fundamental principles of these materials, together with how these are employed in photovoltaic applications.

A special emphasize have been given for the space applications through study of radiation tolerant solar cells. This book present a comprehensive research outlining progress on the synthesis, fabrication and application of solar cells from fundamental to device technology and  is helpful  for graduate students, researchers, and technologists engaged in research and development of materials.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

    S. K. Sharma

  • Department of Physics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Khuram Ali

About the editors

Dr. Sharma is a faculty in Materials Science at Department of Physics, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad & Tobago. Before joining UWI, he worked as a Professor Adjunto (IV) at Department of Physics, Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil (2014–2019). He has received his Ph.D. in Physics from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. He worked on different research/academic positions in Brazil, France, Czech Republic, India and Mexico from 2007-2014. His research interests include magnetic nanohybrids, their synthesis, characterization and utilization in magnetic and biomedical applications.

Dr. Khuram Ali obtained his Ph.D. in June 2015 from School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, focusing on the solar cells development for terrestrial as well as space applications. After returning to his home country, he has joined Department of Physics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad as an assistant professor. Dr. Ali hasmore than ten years of research experience in areas of materials science, semiconductor device physics, photovoltaics, and modelling of solar cells. His research interest includes the area of magnetic nanoparticles, thin films, antireflections coatings for solar cells, photolithography, electrical and optical studies of opto-electronic devices. He has published 17 research articles in international referred journals along with 7 book chapters. He was awarded with three excellence awards and three competitive research grants and currently supervising 3 PhD and 5 Master students. He is also associate member of Abdus Salam Centre for Physics/National Centre of Physics (NCP), Islamabad, Pakistan.

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eBook USD 219.00
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Softcover Book USD 279.99
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