Solar cells : materials, manufacture and operation / edited by Tom Markvart and Luis Castañer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-527) and index.

Part II: Solar Cells -- Part IIa. Introduction -- 1. Principles of solar cell operation -- 2. Semiconductor materials and modelling -- 3. Ideal efficiencies -- Part IIb. Crystalline silicon solar cells -- 1. Silicon: manufacture and properties -- 2. Low cost industrial technologies of crystalline silicon solar cells -- 3. Thin silicon solar cells -- 4. Characterisation and diagnosis of silicon wafers and devices -- 5. High-efficiency silicon solar cell concepts -- Part IIc. Thin film technologies -- 1. Amorphous silicon solar cells -- 2. Microcrystalline silicon solar cells -- 3. Cadmium telluride thin-film PV modules -- 4. Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 thin-film solar cells -- Part IId. Space and concentrator cells -- 1. GaAs and high-efficiency space cells -- 2. High-efficiency concentrator silicon solar cells -- Part IIe. Organic and dye sensitised cells -- 1. Photoelectrochemical solar cells -- 2. Organic and plastic solar cells -- Part IIf. Testing, Monitoring and Calibration -- 1. Standards, calibration, and testing of PV modules and solar cells -- 2. Calibration, testing and monitoring of Space Solar Cells -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Constants, physical quantities and conversion factors -- Appendix B. List of principal symbols -- Appendix C. Abbreviations and acronyms -- Appendix D. Bibliography -- Appendix E. International and US standards with relevance to photovoltaics -- Appendix F. Useful web sites, journals and newsheets -- Editorial Index

The capture and use of solar energy has been growing for many years, but only in recent times have advances in design and manufacture allowed us to see the incorporation of solar energy as a significant player in the renewable energy arena.

Solar cells are at the heart of any photovoltaic system and in this book the various types are described and their characteristics reviewed.

Going beyond materials, design and function, ‘Solar Cells’ also covers their testing, monitoring and calibration thus providing a comprehensive account of current activity in this important field of research and industry.

‘Solar Cells’ has been abstracted from the recent ‘Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics’ by the same editors (ISBN 185617 3909. 2003: Elsevier)

Internationally-respected contributors from industry and academia
Abstracted from ‘The Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics' by the same Editors
A comprehensive source-book on all aspects of solar cells.