Solar Cell Device Physics - Softcover

Fonash, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493301136 ISBN 13: 9781493301133

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

There has been an enormous infusion of new ideas in the field of solar cells over the last 15 years; discourse on energy transfer has gotten much richer, and nanostructures and nanomaterials have revolutionized the possibilities for new technological developments. However, solar energy cannot become ubiquitous in the world's power markets unless it can become economically competitive with legacy generation methods such as fossil fuels. The new edition of Dr. Stephen Fonash's definitive text points the way toward greater efficiency and cheaper production by adding coverage of cutting-edge topics in plasmonics, multi-exiton generation processes, nanostructures and nanomaterials such as quantum dots. The book's new structure improves readability by shifting many detailed equations to appendices, and balances the first edition's semiconductor coverage with an emphasis on thin-films. Further, it now demonstrates physical principles with simulations in the well-known AMPS computer code developed by the author.

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Review

The definitive resource on the science of solar cells is now updated to cover the advances powering the solar revolution of the last 20 years, and the applications that will determine solar energy's future viability

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Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493301136
• ISBN 13: 9781493301133
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 382