Arno Smets, Klaus Jager, Olindo Isabella

Solar Energy

The physics and engineering of photovoltaic conversion, technologies and systems

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uniquely covers both the physics of photovoltaic (PV) cells and the design of PV systems for real-life applications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 184mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1408g
• ISBN-13: 9781906860325
• ISBN-10: 1906860327
• Artikelnr.: 43898434

Autorenporträt

The authors all teach and research physics at the University of Delft in The Netherlands, where they are prominent in the field of solar photovoltaics. Their vision is to educate the next generation about the development of sustainable energy systems for a greener future.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introduction
1. Energy
2. Status and prospects of PV technology
3. The working principle of a solar cell
II. PV Fundamentals
4. Electrodynamic basics
5. Solar radiation
6. Basic semiconductor physics
7. Generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs
8. Semiconductor junctions
9. Solar cell parameters and equivalent circuit
10. Losses and efficiency limits
III. PV technology
11. A short history of solar cells
12. Crystalline silicon solar cells
13. Thin-film solar cells
14. A closer look to some processes
15. PV modules
16. Third generation concepts
IV. PV systems
17. Introduction to PV systems
18. Location issues
19. Components of PV systems
20. PV system design
21. PV System economics and ecology
V. Alternative solar energy conversion technologies
22. Solar thermal energy
23. Solar fuels
Appendix
A. Derivations in electrodynamics
B. Derivation of homojunctions J-V curves
C. Some aspects of surface recombination
D. The morphology of selected TCO samples
E. Some aspects on location issues
F. Derivations for DC-DC converters
G. Fluid-dynamic model
Bibliography
Index