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Thin film photovoltaic (PV) technologies often utilize monolithic integration to combine cells into modules. This is an approach whereby thin, electronically-active layers are deposited onto inexpensive substrates (e.g. glass) and then interconnected cells are formed by subsequent back contact processes and scribing.
Nowadays, a variety of high-performance solar cells are constantly emerging. Thin-film solar cells made from inorganic materials have constituted one of the major categories of solar cells showing potential in the fast growing photovoltaic (PV) market.
Several universities/research institutes/industry in India and abroad are involved in the research area of thin-film solar cells. The book helps the readers to find the details about different thin-film technologies and its advancement at one place.
This book provides recent development in thin-film solar cells (TFSC). TFSC have proven the promising approach for terrestrial and space photovoltaics. TFSC have the potential to change the device design and produce high efficiency devices on rigid/flexible substrates with significantly low manufacturing cost.
CdTe thin film solar cells grew out of these II-VI semiconductor beginnings, in-parallel with CdS efforts at General Electric and the US Air Force, as Loferski had realized that the CdTe bandgap was well-matched to the solar spectrum.
This review summarizes some emerging inorganic photovoltaic materials including Cu (In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGSe), kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S,Se) 4 (CZTSSe), CdTe, Sb 2 Se 3 and inorganic perovskite CsPb (I 1−x Br x) 3. The materials features, development history and performance enhancements for each of solar cells are discussed in detail.
In this report, an overview of the recent status of photovoltaic (PV) power generation is first presented from the viewpoint of reducing CO2 emission. Next, the Japanese …
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