Solar energy : fundamentals, technology and systems /: fundamentals, technology and systems. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Klaus Jager, Olindo Isabella, Arno Smets, René van Swaaij, Miro Zeman.
• Authors: Jäger, Klaus-Dieter; Isabella, Olindo, 1979-; Smets, Arno H.M, 1974-; Swaaij, René A.C.M.M. van, 1966-; Zeman, Miro, 1957-
• Contents: I. Introduction1. Energy2. Status and prospects of PV technology3. The working principle of a solar cellII. PV Fundamentals4. Electrodynamic basics5. Solar radiation6. Basic semiconductor physics7. Generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs8. Semiconductor junctions9. Solar cell parameters and equivalent circuit10. Losses and efficiency limitsIII. PV technology11. A short history of solar cells12. Crystalline silicon solar cells13. Thin-film solar cells14. A closer look to some processes15. PV modules16. Third generation conceptsIV. PV systems17. Introduction to PV systems18. Location issues19. Components of PV systems20. PV system design21. PV System economics and ecologyV. Alternative solar energy conversion technologies22. Solar thermal energy23. Solar fuelsAppendixA. Derivations in electrodynamicsB. Derivation of homojunctions J-V curvesC. Some aspects of surface recombinationD. The morphology of selected TCO samplesE. Some aspects on location issuesF. Derivations for DC-DC convertersG. Fluid-dynamic modelBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : UIT Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 621.47; Solar energy; Solar Energy; Énergie solaire; solar power; Solar energy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781906860738; 1906860734; 9781906860752; 1906860750
• Related ISBNs: 9781906860325
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