Thin-Film Solar Cells: Next Generation Photovoltaics and Its Applications
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The first comprehensive book on thin-film solar cells, potentially a key technology for solving the energy production problem in the 21st century in an environmentally friendly way. It covers a wide range of scientific and technological aspects of thin film semiconductors - deposition technologies, growth mechanisms and the basic properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon - as well as the optimum design theory and device physics of high-efficiency solar cells, especially of single-junction and multi-junction solar cells. The development of large-area solar cell modules using single and multi-junction solar cells is also considered. Examples of recent photovoltaic systems are presented and analysed.
1Background and Motivation for Thin-Film Solar-Cell Development12Recent Advances and Future Opportunities for Thin-Film Solar Cell153Electrical and Optical Properties of Amorphous Silicon and Its Alloys434Preparation and Properties of Nanocrystalline Silicon695Key Issues for the Efficiency Improvement of Silicon-Based Stacked Solar Cells906Development of Amorphous-Silicon Single-Junction Solar Cells and Their Application Systems1057The Production of a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H/a-SiGe:H Stacked Solar-Cell Modules and Their Applications1218Low-Temperature Fabrication of Nanocrystalline-Silicon Solar Cells1399Mass Production of Large-Area Integrated Thin-Film Silicon Solar-Cell Module15010Properties of Chalcopyrite-Based Materials and Film Deposition for Thin-Film Solar Cells16311Development of Cu(InGa)Se[subscript 2] Thin-Film Solar Cells18312Expanding Thin-Film Solar PV System Applications21113Future Prospects for Photovoltaic Technologies in Japan231Index241
